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Taxonomy
Mactra elliptica was named by Brown (1827) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Spisula elliptica by Bellomo (1993).
It was recombined as Spisula elliptica by Bellomo (1993).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Mactra asperaeformis, Mactra polynyma, Mactra snatolensis, Mactra xenophonti, S. addicotti, S. albaria, S. albaria, S. albirupina, S. amekiensis, S. bisculpurtata, S. californica, S. catiliformis, S. chulgunensis, S. coosensis, S. cutirostrata, S. eugenense, S. funerata, S. hanniballi, S. inaequilateralis, S. incrassata, S. merriami, S. mississippiensis, S. modicella, S. ochotensis, S. onnechiuria, S. ovalis, S. packardi, S. rushi, S. solida, S. solidissima, S. subtruncata, S. tigilensis, S. trangulata, S. triangulata, S. aequilatera, S. aequilaterala, S. densa, S. dodona, S. modicella, S. modicella, S. grayana, S. matleyi, S. onnechiuria, S. densata, S. evalensis, S. ezodensata, S. ikusaensis, S. panzana, S. sachalinensis, S. hauitaca, S. inaequilatera, S. subtruncata, S. couttsi
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2008-02-01
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1827 | Mactra elliptica Brown |
| 1993 | Spisula elliptica Bellomo p. 398 |
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Spisula elliptica Brown 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available