Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Mactroidea > Family Mactridae > Subfamily Mactrinae

Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mactra (Mactra)*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym; alternate representation
*Trigonella*	da Costa, 1778	synonym

Children

Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mactra deshayesi Mayer, 1867
Mactra glauca Born, 1778
Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Mactra olorina R. A. Philippi, 1846
Mactra paulucci Aradas & Benoit, 1871
Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
additional source	Kondo, Y.; Yokogawa, K.; Shiratsuchi, T. (2001). Substrate Preferences and Burrowing Ability of Donacidae and Mesodesmatidae (Bivalvia) on Beaches of Southwest Japan. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 60 (1-2): 57-69.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138158