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Taxonomy
Mactrella was named by Gray.
It was reranked as Mactra (Mactrella) by Dall (1898), Packard (1916), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941).
It was assigned to Mactridae by Olsson (1931); and to Mactra by Dall (1898), Packard (1916), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941).
It was reranked as Mactra (Mactrella) by Dall (1898), Packard (1916), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941).
It was assigned to Mactridae by Olsson (1931); and to Mactra by Dall (1898), Packard (1916), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Mactra alta, Mactra angulata, Mactra araucana, Mactra asperaeformis, Mactra asymmetrica, Mactra basteroti, Mactra bulgarica, Mactra caspia, Mactra caspia, Mactra chatina, Mactra chinensis, Mactra chipolana, Mactra cinerea, Mactra coalingenesis, Mactra conradana, Mactra corallina, Mactra corallina, Mactra cuvieri, Mactra cymata, Mactra darwini, Mactra defossa, Mactra denburgi, Mactra dernbergi, Mactra discors, Mactra eichwaldi, Mactra eichwaldi, Mactra fabreana, Mactra fragilis, Mactra garreti, Mactra gaultina, Mactra glabrata, Mactra indistincta, Mactra inornata, Mactra insulaemaris, Mactra iridia, Mactra kavakamiensis, Mactra luscata, Mactra luzonica, Mactra macescens, Mactra maculosa, Mactra maracaibensis, Mactra matthewi, Mactra mula, Mactra naviculata, Mactra orbiculata, Mactra pallasii, Mactra parilis, Mactra pittsburgensis, Mactra plana, Mactra podolica, Mactra polynyma, Mactra pura, Mactra quadrata, Mactra ramonensis, Mactra rosea, Mactra semiplicata, Mactra snatolensis, Mactra splendidula, Mactra steinmanni, Mactra sulcataria, Mactra sulcataria, Mactra sulcataria, Mactra superstes, Mactra undula, Mactra undula, Mactra valangiensis, Mactra veneriformis, Mactra vitaliana, Mactra vitaliana, Mactra xenophonti
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1898 | Mactra (Mactrella) Dall p. 895 |
| 1916 | Mactra (Mactrella) Packard p. 281 |
| 1931 | Mactrella Olsson p. 66 |
| 1941 | Mactra (Mactrella) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 11 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. L. Packard 1916 | Shell thin, ventricose, trigonal, with a ridge marking off the posterior dorsal area ; umbones prominent ; dental armature concen- trated ; normal, narrow ligament ; anterior laminae very short. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available