WoRMS taxon details
Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802)
505732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505732)
accepted
Species
Mactra ambiqua Weinkauff, 1884 · unaccepted
Mactra compressa Spengler, 1802 · unaccepted
Mactra diolensis Bouchet & Nicklès, 1976 · unaccepted
Mactra silicula Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
marine
(of Mactra compressa Spengler, 1802) Spengler, L. (1802). Beskrivelse over det toskallede Conchylie-Slægt <i>Mactra</i>. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(2): 92-128, pl. 3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425135;view=1up;seq=358
page(s): 125 [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505732 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mactra ambiqua Weinkauff, 1884) Weinkauff, H. C. (1879-1884). Die Gattung Mactra. <em>In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Elften Bandes zweite Abtheilung.</em> 11(2): 1-124, pls 1-36. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: oo. 1-8, pls 1, 6 [1879]; pp. 9-36, pls 7-12 [1880]; 53-68, pls 13-24 [1881]; 69-92, pls 25-30 [1882]; pp. 93-124, pl2 31-36 [1884])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34337685
page(s): 74, pl. 26, fig. 1; note: new name for Mactra silicula Reeve nec Deshayes [details]
original description (of Mactra compressa Spengler, 1802) Spengler, L. (1802). Beskrivelse over det toskallede Conchylie-Slægt <i>Mactra</i>. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(2): 92-128, pl. 3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425135;view=1up;seq=358
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Mactra diolensis Bouchet & Nicklès, 1976) Bouchet, P. & Nickles, M. (1976). <i>Mactra diolensis</i>, bivalve nouveau du Parc National de Basse Casamance. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire.</em> 38 (1A): 57-61.
page(s): 57-60, fig. 1-4 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Mactra silicula 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
page(s): pl. 19, species 108; note: ex Deshayes ms. [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]
page(s): 74, pl. 26, fig. 1; note: new name for Mactra silicula Reeve nec Deshayes [details]
original description (of Mactra compressa Spengler, 1802) Spengler, L. (1802). Beskrivelse over det toskallede Conchylie-Slægt <i>Mactra</i>. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(2): 92-128, pl. 3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425135;view=1up;seq=358
page(s): 125 [details]
original description (of Mactra diolensis Bouchet & Nicklès, 1976) Bouchet, P. & Nickles, M. (1976). <i>Mactra diolensis</i>, bivalve nouveau du Parc National de Basse Casamance. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire.</em> 38 (1A): 57-61.
page(s): 57-60, fig. 1-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Mactra silicula 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
page(s): pl. 19, species 108; note: ex Deshayes ms. [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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 764-765 [details]
page(s): 764-765 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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