WoRMS name details
Micromactra Dall, 1894
456468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456468)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Mactra californica Conrad, 1837 accepted as Mactrella californica (Conrad, 1837) accepted as Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837) (type by monotypy)
- Species Micromactra miskito Petuch, 1998 accepted as Mactrotoma surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactra (Micromactra) Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Synopsis of the Mactridae of northwest America, south to Panama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(4): 39-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044635
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Micromactra Dall, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456468 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mactra (Micromactra) Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Synopsis of the Mactridae of northwest America, south to Panama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(4): 39-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044635
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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): 56 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
Other
additional source
Signorelli, J. H. (2012). The molluscan genera <i> Mactrella</i> and <i>Mactrinula</i>: Taxonomic revision and redescription of type species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 55(2): 191-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.055.0201
note: treated as a synonym of Mactrella J. E. Gray, 1853 [details] Available for editors
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note: treated as a synonym of Mactrella J. E. Gray, 1853 [details] Available for editors
