North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Mactra solida (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

751208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:751208)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Original name

Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758

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Variety Mactra solida var. conjunctiva Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra solida (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751208 on 2026-09-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mactra solida (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=751208 on 2026-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-31 09:42:27Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2024-03-18 08:58:00Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (338 publications)
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