OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Mactridae 

Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Meropesta pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)

Types

[cites Chemnitz, 1782: p. 235, t.24, f.234; according to this belongs to genus Psammophila and generic placement is problematic] Gmelin, J.F. 1791. p.3260
New Guinea

References

 Vongpanich, V. 2000. p.492 Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Mactroidea
                  Mactridae Lamarck, 1809
                    Lutrariinae H. & A. Adams, 1856
                      Meropesta Iredale, 1929
                        Meropesta pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
                          Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17120) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.