Mactra contraria Reeve, 1854

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus Mactra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=260681

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Venerida

family

Mactridae

genus

Austromactra

species

Austromactra contraria

Name

Homonyms

Mactra contraria Reeve, 1854

Mactra contraria Deshayes, 1855

Bibliographic References

1. Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 (1854): 62–72.
2. Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
3. Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854].