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Mactrellona Marks 1951
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Genus Mactrellona Marks, 1951
Type species. Mactra alata Spengler, 1802 [original designation].
Diagnosis. Shell large with a posterior area defined by keel, hinge plate inclined anteriorly, with short lateral teeth.
Distribution. Atlantic coast of America, from United States to Brazil, Pacific coast of North America to Peru.
Notes
Published as part of Signorelli, Javier H. & Pastorino, Guido, 2012, Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida), pp. 30-53 in Zootaxa 3245 on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3245.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6544861
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Marks
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Veneroida
- Family
- Mactridae
- Genus
- Mactrellona
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mactrellona Marks, 1951 sec. Signorelli & Pastorino, 2012
References
- Marks, J. G. (1951) Miocene stratigraphy and paleontology of Southwestern Ecuador. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 33 (139), 354 - 358.
- Spengler, L. (1802) Beskrivelse over det toskallede conchylie-slaegt Mactra. Skrivter af Naturhistorie - Selskabet, 5 (2), 92 - 129.