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Mulinia Gray 1837

Description

Genus Mulinia Gray, 1837

Type species. Mulinia typica Gray, 1837 (= Mactra edulis King, 1832) [original designation]. Diagnosis. Shell thick, trigonal to subcircular, ligament exclusively internal. Distribution. Atlantic coast of Central and South America, Pacific coast of South America and East coast of Southern Africa (Indian Ocean).

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 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3245.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6544861

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Mactridae
Genus
Mulinia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Veneroida
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Mulinia Gray, 1837 sec. Signorelli & Pastorino, 2012

References

  • Gray, J. E. (1837) A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes of genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author ' s cabinet. The Magazine of Natural History (n. s.), 1, 370 - 376.