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Taxonomy
Mactra solidissima was named by Dilwyn (1817) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Maine-Gulf of Mexico. TYPE: Holotype missing.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Spisula solidissima by Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Castagna and Chanley (1973), Spencer and Campbell (1987); it was recombined as Hemimactra solidissima by Hendy et al. (2008); it was recombined as Spisula (Hemimactra) solidissima by Dall (1898), Signorelli (2019).
It was recombined as Spisula solidissima by Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Castagna and Chanley (1973), Spencer and Campbell (1987); it was recombined as Hemimactra solidissima by Hendy et al. (2008); it was recombined as Spisula (Hemimactra) solidissima by Dall (1898), Signorelli (2019).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Hemimactra craspeota, Hemimactra duplinensis, Hemimactra modicella, Hemimactra solidissina, Hemimactra solidssima, 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. 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 2007-02-15
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1817 | Mactra procera Dillwyn p. 140 |
| 1817 | Mactra solidissima Dilwyn p. 140 |
| 1818 | Mactra gigantea Lamarck p. 472 |
| 1822 | Mactra similis Say |
| 1860 | Mactra similis Holmes p. 39 |
| 1874 | Spisula solidissima acadica Matthew p. 42 |
| 1898 | Spisula (Hemimactra) solidissima Dall p. 878 |
| 1937 | Spisula solidissima peninsulae Smith pp. 65-66 |
| 1954 | Spisula solidissima Abbott p. 446 |
| 1962 | Spisula similis DuBar |
| 1962 | Spisula solidissima Richards p. 69 |
| 1973 | Spisula solidissima Castagna and Chanley pp. 80-81 |
| 1987 | Spisula solidissima Spencer and Campbell |
| 2008 | Hemimactra solidissima Hendy et al. |
| 2019 | Spisula (Hemimactra) solidissima Signorelli p. 53 figs. 3.5a-d |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Spisula (Hemimactra) solidissima Dilwyn 1817
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Invalid names: Mactra gigantea Lamarck 1818 [synonym], Mactra procera Dillwyn 1817 [synonym], Mactra similis Say 1822 [synonym], Spisula solidissima acadica Matthew 1874 [invalid subgroup], Spisula solidissima peninsulae Smith 1937 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available