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 stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cardium Linnaeus, 1758

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

*Mactra bourguignati*	Locard, 1890	synonym
*Mactra cinerea*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Mactra corallina var. atlantica*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Mactra corallina var. grangeri*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Mactra corallina var. lignaria*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym; nom. nud.
*Mactra corallina var. lignaria*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Mactra corallina var. oceanica*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Mactra corallina var. trigona*	Pallary, 1938	synonym; nom. inval.
*Mactra fasciata*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Mactra inflata*	Bronn, 1831	synonym
*Mactra intermedia*	Aradas, 1847	synonym
*Mactra rufa*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Trigonella radiata*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Mactra lactea*	(Poli, 1795) sensu Lamarck, 1818	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: ou

Danish: tykskallet trugmusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote strandschelp sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: rayed trough clam; rayed trough shell; white trough clam; white trough shell sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: grande mactre; mactre coralline sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: bunte Trogmuschel; Gemeine Trogmuschel; Strahlenkörbchen; Weiße Trogmuschel sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Greek: Μικρή γυαλιστερή sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: madia comune

Literature

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	Chetoui, I.; Telahigue, K.; Bejaoui, S.; Rabeh, I.; Ghribi, F.; Denis, F.; ElCafsi, M. (2018). Annual reproductive cycle and condition index of Mactra corallina (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the north coast of Tunisia. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development. 63(1): 40-50.
additional source	Rodríguez-Rúa, A.; Delgado, M.; Silva, L.; Román, S.; Cojan, M. (2022). First insights into population parameters and spatial distribution of the two morphotypes of Mactra stultorum (brownish and whitish) (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mollusca: Bivalvia) along the southwestern Spanish coast. Marine Biology Research. 18(1-2): 32-47.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
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 stultorum (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:140299