MolluscaBase taxon details
Simomactra chionia (Tomlin, 1921)
505766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505766)
accepted
Species
Mactra complanata Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior homonym of Mactra...)
Junior homonym of Mactra complanata Gmelin, 1791. Mactrinula chionia Tomlin, 1921 is a replacement name
Mactra complanata Deshayes, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym and homonym)
Mactrinula chionia Tomlin, 1921 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Mactrinula chionia Tomlin, 1921) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1921). Note on the <i>Mactra complanata</i> of Reeve and Deshayes. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 16:226., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904865#page/646/mode/1up
page(s): p. 226. [details]
page(s): p. 226. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Simomactra chionia (Tomlin, 1921). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505766 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Mactra complanata 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. 12, species 54; note: ex Deshayes ms. [details]
original description (of Mactrinula chionia Tomlin, 1921) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1921). Note on the <i>Mactra complanata</i> of Reeve and Deshayes. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 16:226., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904865#page/646/mode/1up
page(s): p. 226. [details]
original description (of Mactra complanata Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of fourteen new species of <i>Mactra</i>, in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 14-17. [published 27 June 1854 (pp. 14-16); 13 July 1854 (p. 17)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747131
page(s): 14 [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): pl. 12, species 54; note: ex Deshayes ms. [details]
original description (of Mactrinula chionia Tomlin, 1921) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1921). Note on the <i>Mactra complanata</i> of Reeve and Deshayes. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 16:226., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904865#page/646/mode/1up
page(s): p. 226. [details]
original description (of Mactra complanata Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of fourteen new species of <i>Mactra</i>, in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 14-17. [published 27 June 1854 (pp. 14-16); 13 July 1854 (p. 17)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747131
page(s): 14 [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]
