Mactra taprobanensis Preston, 1904

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Preston, H. B. (1904). Description of some new species of Cingalese and Indian marine shells. Journal of Malacology, 11(4): 75–78, pls 6–7. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=137476

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Venerida

family

Mactridae

genus

Mactra

species

Mactra lilacea

Name

Homonyms

Mactra taprobanensis Preston, 1904

Mactra taprobanensis W.Wood, 1828

Bibliographic References

1. 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.
2. Preston, H.B. (1904). Description of some new species of Cingalese and Indian marine shells. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11(4): 75-78, pls 6-7.
3. Signorelli, J.H. (2021). The family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida) in South African waters. <em>Malacologia.</em> 63(2): 195–223.