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 paulucci Aradas & Benoit, 1871

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

*Mactra paulucciae*	Locard, 1890	synonym

Literature

original description	Aradas, A. & Benoit, L. (1871). Nota sopra una nuova specie malacologica del genere Mactra di Linneo. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali. (3) 5: 81-84.
additional source	Guarniero, I.; Plazzi, F.; Bonfitto, A.; Rinaldi, A.; Trentini, M.; Passamonti, M. (2010). The bivalve mollusc Mactra corallina: genetic evidence of existing sibling species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90(03): 633.
redescription	Aradas A. & Benoit L. (1872-1876 ["1870"]). Conchigliologia vivente marina della Sicilia e delle isole che la circondano. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali. ser. 3, 6: 1-113, pls 1-2 [1872]; 113-226, pls 3-4 [1874]; 227-324, pl. 5 [1876].
status source	Micali P. & Scuderi D. (2016). On the validity of Mactra paulucci Aradas & Benoit, 1872 with notes on the taxonomy of the genus (Bivalvia, Mactridae). Bollettino Malacologico. 51: 71-78.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra paulucci Aradas & Benoit, 1871. 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:870008