MolluscaBase taxon details
Mactra australis Lamarck, 1818
505690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505690)
accepted
Species
Mactra polita Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 475 [details]
page(s): 475 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra australis Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505690 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 475 [details]
original description (of Mactra polita Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 475 [details]
original description (of Mactra polita Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Mactra australis PERIO)
To Conchology (Mactra australis)
To Malacopics (Mactra australis Lamarck, 1818 Australia, Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, sandy bottom , at 3 m depth, collected 1988, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Conchology (Mactra australis)
To Malacopics (Mactra australis Lamarck, 1818 Australia, Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, sandy bottom , at 3 m depth, collected 1988, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
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