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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Mactroidea: Mactridae

Mulinia edulis (King & Broderip, 1832)


Range: 52.7°S to 55.5°S; 70.9°W to 68°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 63  mm

Synonymy

Mactra lateralis auct. non Say, 1822
Mactra edulis King & Broderip, 1832
Mactra byronensis Gray, 1837
Mactra typica Gray, 1837
Mactra antarctica Dunker, 1850
Mactra cuneola Gould, 1850
Mactra marcida Gould, 1850
Mactra byroneana Weinkauff, 1884
Mactra byroni Weinkauff, 1884
Mactra calbucana Philippi, 1893
Mactra cibaria Philippi, 1893
Mactra epidermia Philippi, 1893
Mactra lotensis Philippi, 1893
Mactra pencana Philippi, 1893
Mactra fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905

Details


Mactra edulis King & Broderip, 1832, p. 335
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 'in streto Magellanico...west shore of Port Famine'
Range: 52.7°S to 53.6°S; 70.9°W to 70°W
Depth: 50 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 63 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: King & Broderip (1832) SWM; Pelseneer (1903); Ríos, Mutschke & Morrison (2003) DdNE

Mactra antarctica Dunker, 1850, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Mactra byroneana Weinkauff, 1884, 
[Not available]
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Mactra byronensis.

Mactra byronensis Gray, 1837, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Mactra byroni Weinkauff, 1884, 
[Not available]
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Mactra byronensis.

Mactra calbucana Philippi, 1893, 
[Synonym]
References: Lamy (1917) s (of M. byronensis); Bernard (1983) s

Mactra cibaria Philippi, 1893, 
[Synonym]
References: Lamy (1917) s

Mactra cuneola Gould, 1850, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Mactra epidermia Philippi, 1893, 
[Synonym]
References: Lamy (1893) s

Mactra epidermis sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misspelling by Bernard (1983).

Mactra fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905, p. 337, text-fig. VI
[Synonym]
Type Locality: San Sebastian Beach, Tierra del Fuego
Range: 53.3°S to 53.3°S; 68.7°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 51.5 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: E. A. Smith (1905) DdNSEWM; Bernard (1983) s

Mactra lateralis auct. non Say, 1822, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Gray (1837)
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Mactra lotensis Philippi, 1893, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Mactra marcida Gould, 1850, 
[Synonym]
Range: 55.5°S to 55.5°S; 68°W
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEW; Bernard (1983) s

Mactra pencana Philippi, 1893, 
[Synonym]
References: Lamy (1917) s (of M. byronensis); Bernard (1983) s

Mactra typica Gray, 1837, 
[Synonym]
References: Lamy (1917) s

Mactra typicans sic, 
[Not available]
References: Bernard (1983) s


Partial List of References

King, P. P. and W. J. Broderip. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America Zoological Journal 5 332-349.
Smith, E. A. 1905. On a small collection of Mollusca from Tierra del Fuego Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6 333-339. [Stated date: -- Sep 1905.]

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