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119 Species in Family Mactridae
Nominal species list for Mactridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Anatina anatina (Spengler, 1802) Smooth duckclam
Barymactra rostrata (Spengler, 1802) Rostrate mactra
Crassula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854)
Cyclomactra ovata (Gray, 1843) Oval trough shell
Cyclomactra tristis (Reeve, 1854)
Darina solenoides (King & Broderip, 1832)
Eastonia rugosa (Helbling, 1779)
Heterocardia elliptica Zhuang, 1983
Labiosa vitrea Gray, 1837 Glassy mactra
Lutraria alderi unspecified
Lutraria angustior Philippi, 1844
Lutraria arcuata Deshayes, 1854
Lutraria australis (Reeve, 1854)
Lutraria bruuni Powell, 1967
Lutraria elongata Gray, 1837 Elongate mactra
Lutraria impar (Reeve, 1854)
Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Mud-dwelling mactra
Lutraria magna (da Costa, 1778)
Lutraria maxima Jonas, 1844
Lutraria philippinarum (Deshayes, 1854)
Lutraria rhynchaena Jonas, 1844
Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) Rayed trough-shell
Mactra subrostrata Deshayes, 1854
Mactra violacea Gmelin, 1791 Violet troughshell
Mactrellona alata (Sprengler, 1802) Caribbean winged mactra
Mactrellona exoleta (Gray, 1837)
Mactrellona iheringi (Dall, 1897)
Mactrinula angulifera (Deshayes, 1854)
Mactrinula depressa (Spengler, 1802)
Mactrinula dolabrata (Deshayes, 1854) Hoe surf clam
Mactrinula reevei (Deshayes, 1853)
Mactrinula reevesii (Gray, 1837)
Mactromeris catilliformis (Conrad, 1867) Dish surfclam
Mactromeris hemphillii (Dall, 1894) Hemphill surfclam
Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860) Arctic surfclam
Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837) California surfclam
Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791) Fragile surfclam
Mactrotoma nasuta (Gould, 1851) Ridged surfclam
Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818)
Mactrotoma surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968)
Mactrotoma velata (Philippi, 1849) Concealed surf clam
Mactra achatina Holten, 1802 Agate troughshell
Mactra aphrodina Deshayes, 1854
Mactra californica Conrad, 1837
Mactra chemnitzii Gray, 1837
Mactra chinensis Philippi, 1846 Sunray surf clam
Mactra crossii (Dunker, 1882)
Mactra cuneata Gmelin, 1791 Wedge trough shell
Mactra dolabriformis (Conrad, 1867)
Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791 Fragile mactra clam
Mactra gigas Usticke, 1969
Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767 Smooth mactra
Mactra glauca Born, 1778 Grey rough shell
Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791
Mactra guidoi Signorelli & F. Scarabino, 2010
Mactra inaequalis Deshayes, 1854
Mactra incarnata Reeve, 1854
Mactra inceri Petuch, 1998
Mactra iridescens Kuroda & Habe, 1958
Mactra isabelleana d'Orbigny, 1846
Mactra janeiroensis Smith, 1915
Mactra largillierti Philippi, 1849 Largilliert's Mactra
Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Mactra luzonica Reeve, 1854 Luzon troughshell
Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791 Maculated troughshell
Mactra marplatensis Doello-Jurado, 1949
Mactra mera Reeve, 1854 Plain troughshell
Mactra miskito (Petuch, 1998)
Mactra mitis Reeve, 1854
Mactra nasuta Gould, 1851
Mactra nitida Gmelin, 1791 Polished mactra
Mactra nucleus Conrad, 1831
Mactra olorina Philippi, 1846
Mactra ordinaria Smith, 1898
Mactra patagonica d'Orbigny, 1846
Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846
Mactra quadrangularis Reeve, 1854 Venus mactra
Mactra quirosana Hodson, 1931
Meropesta capillacea (Reeve, 1854) Maidenhair mactra
Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
Meropesta pellucida (Gmelin, 1791) Pellucid mactra
Meropesta sinojaponica Zhuang, 1983
Mulinia byronensis Gray, 1837
Mulinia cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Mulinia edulis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) Dwarf surfclam
Mulinia levicardo (Smith, 1881)
Mulinia pontchartrainensis Morrison, 1965
Oxyperas aspersa (Sowerby, 1825)
Oxyperas belliana (Oliver, 1915)
Oxyperas bernardi (Pilsbry, 1904) Bernard's venus
Oxyperas elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Long trough shell
Oxyperas lentiginosa Gould, 1852
Pseudocardium sybillae (Valenciennes, 1858) Imperial surf clam
Rangia cuneata (Sowerby I, 1831) Atlantic rangia
Rangia flexuosa (Conrad, 1840) Brown rangia
Rangia mendica (Gould, 1851)
Resania lanceolata Gray, 1852 Lance mactra
Scalpomactra scalpellum (Reeve, 1854)
Simomactra falcata (Gould, 1850) Hooked surfclam
Simomactra planulata (Conrad, 1837) Flat surfclam
Spisula aequilatera (Deshayes, 1854) Equal-sized surf clam
Spisula catilliformis Conrad, 1867
Spisula discors (Gray, 1837) Discors trough shell
Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827) Elliptical trough shell
Spisula hemphillii (Dall, 1894)
Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854)
Spisula ovalis (Sowerby, 1817)
Spisula raveneli (Conrad, 1831) Southern surfclam
Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862) Sakhalin surf clam
Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758) Solid surf clam
Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) Atlantic surfclam
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) Subtruncate surf clam
Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
Tanysiphon rivalis Benson, 1858
Tresus capax (Gould, 1850) Fat gaper
Tresus keenae (Kuroda & Habe, 1950) Japanese horse clam
Tresus nuttallii (Conrad, 1837) Pacific gaper
Zenatia acinaces (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Scimitar mactra
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