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Spisula petitii (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
505771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505771)
accepted
Species
Mactra coquimba R. A. Philippi, 1887 · unaccepted
Mactra petitii A. d'Orbigny, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mactra richmondi Dall, 1894 · unaccepted
Mactra symmetrica Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Spisula richmondi (Dall, 1894) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactra petitii A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 77 figs 23-24 [1841]; 509, 706 [1846] [details]
page(s): pl. 77 figs 23-24 [1841]; 509, 706 [1846] [details]
Type locality contained in Rio De Janeiro
type locality contained in Rio De Janeiro [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spisula petitii (A. d'Orbigny, 1841). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505771 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Mactra coquimba R. A. Philippi, 1887) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Historia natural.--Sobre los tiburones y algunos otros peces de Chile. [Plus:] Apendice sobre el peje-espada, peje-aguja, peje-perro i vieja negra. <em>Anales de la Universidad de Chile Sec.</em> 1, v. 71: 535-574, Pls. 1-8. [details]
original description (of Mactra petitii A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 77 figs 23-24 [1841]; 509, 706 [1846] [details]
original description (of Mactra symmetrica 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)
page(s): 448 [details]
status source Signorelli, J. H. (2019). <i>The superfamily Mactroidea (Mollusca:Bivalvia) in American waters</i>. Springer, Cham, xii + 151 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29097-9
page(s): 50-51, fig. 3.4a-b [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Mactra petitii A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 77 figs 23-24 [1841]; 509, 706 [1846] [details]
original description (of Mactra symmetrica 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)
page(s): 448 [details]
status source Signorelli, J. H. (2019). <i>The superfamily Mactroidea (Mollusca:Bivalvia) in American waters</i>. Springer, Cham, xii + 151 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29097-9
page(s): 50-51, fig. 3.4a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846 Brazil, Espírito Santo, Guarapari, by dredging, at 30 m depth, collected 1992-11-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .) (from synonym Mactra petitii A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mactra richmondi Holotype USNM 124774) (from synonym Mactra richmondi Dall, 1894)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mactra richmondi Holotype USNM 124774) (from synonym Mactra richmondi Dall, 1894)
