WoRMS name details
Mactra vitrea Spengler, 1802
540849 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:540849)
unaccepted
Species
Mactra vitrea Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (The first author to make this...)
The first author to make this name available (taken from
Chemnitz, 1795, non-binomial) was Spengler (1802) id=540849, therefore Dillwyn is not deemed to have introduced a new name. (Gofas, Serge)
Mactra vitrea Chemnitz, 1795 · unaccepted (unavailable name: published in a...)
unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Spengler, 1802
marine
Spengler, L. (1802). Beskrivelse over det toskallede Conchylie-Slægt <i>Mactra</i>. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(2): 92-128, pl. 3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425135;view=1up;seq=358
page(s): 122; note: Based on Chemnitz (1795) vol. 11, p. 219, pl. 200 fig. 1959-1960 [details]
page(s): 122; note: Based on Chemnitz (1795) vol. 11, p. 219, pl. 200 fig. 1959-1960 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra vitrea Spengler, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540849 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Spengler, L. (1802). Beskrivelse over det toskallede Conchylie-Slægt <i>Mactra</i>. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(2): 92-128, pl. 3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425135;view=1up;seq=358
page(s): 122; note: Based on Chemnitz (1795) vol. 11, p. 219, pl. 200 fig. 1959-1960 [details]
page(s): 122; note: Based on Chemnitz (1795) vol. 11, p. 219, pl. 200 fig. 1959-1960 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Huber M. (2015). <i>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.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
Other
additional source
Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 133; note: based on the same reference to Chemnitz (1795) as Spengler, 1802 [details]
page(s): 133; note: based on the same reference to Chemnitz (1795) as Spengler, 1802 [details]
