MolluscaBase name details
Mactra taprobanensis Preston, 1904
540825 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:540825)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (preoccupied by Mactra taprobanensis Wood, 1828)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Preston, H.B. (1904). Description of some new species of Cingalese and Indian marine shells. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11(4): 75-78, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099629
page(s): 78, pl. 7, fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 78, pl. 7, fig. 9 [details]
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Preston, H.B. (1904). Description of some new species of Cingalese and Indian marine shells. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11(4): 75-78, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099629
page(s): 78, pl. 7, fig. 9 [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]
source of synonymy Signorelli, J.H. (2021). The family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida) in South African waters. <em>Malacologia.</em> 63(2): 195–223.
page(s): 199. [details]
page(s): 78, pl. 7, fig. 9 [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]
source of synonymy Signorelli, J.H. (2021). The family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida) in South African waters. <em>Malacologia.</em> 63(2): 195–223.
page(s): 199. [details]
