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