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 > Genus Mactra

Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mactra*	Linnaeus, 1767	accepted genus name
*Mactra (Mactra)*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym
*Trigonella*	da Costa, 1778	synonym

Species group names

*Cardium corallinum*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Mactra alba*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Mactra candida*	Nardo, 1847	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: midhja lugë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Dutch: grote gestreepte trogschelp; grote strandschelp sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: rayed trough-shell sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

French: mactre coralline sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

German: gemeine Trogmuschel sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

Portuguese: almeijola

Literature

status source	Huber M. (2015). 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. ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:151616