North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Mesodesma arctatum (Conrad, 1831)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 51199)

AphiaID

156805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156805)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mesodesma Deshayes, 1832

Original name

Mactra arctata Conrad, 1831

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Conrad, T. A. (1831). Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6(2): 256-268, plate 11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677674 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesodesma arctatum (Conrad, 1831). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156805 on 2026-09-08

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Mesodesma arctatum (Conrad, 1831). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156805 on 2026-09-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-19 15:58:36Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of ) Conrad, T. A. (1831). Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6(2): 256-268, plate 11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677674 [details]

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Davis, J. D. (1966). Mesodesma arctatum: fossil and living specimens on Nantucket. The Nautilus. 80(1): 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518608 [details]

additional source Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Merrill, A. S., Davis, J. D. & Emery, K. O. (1978). The latitudinal and bathymetric ranges of living and fossil Mesodesma arctatum (Bivalvia) with notes on habits and habitat requirements. The Nautilus. 92(3): 108-112, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274052 [details]

subsequent type designation Davis, J. D. (1964). Lectotype designation for Mesodesma arctatum. The Nautilus. 78(1): 3-6, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521298 [details]