Abstract
Introduction
THE SUPERFAMILY MACTROIDEA.
MORPHOLOGY OF THE GROUP
SOCIOECOLOGICAL RELEVANCE OF THE GROUP
THE BIOGEOGRAPHICAL PROVINCES.
Material and Methods
Systematic Results
Family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809
Subfamily Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809
GENUS HARVELLA GRAY, 1853
Harvella elegans (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
GENUS MACTRELLONA MARKS, 1951.
Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802)
Mactrellona clisia (Dall, 1915)
Mactrellona exoleta (Gray, 1837)
Mactrellona subalata (Mörch, 1861)
GENUS MACTROMERIS CONRAD, 1868
Mactromeris catiliformis (Conrad, 1867)
Mactromeris hemphillii (Dall, 1894a)
Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
GENUS MACTROTOMA DALL, 1894
Mactrotoma (Mactrotoma) fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Mactrotoma (Mactrotoma) nasuta (Gould, 1851)
Mactrotoma (Micromactra) angusta (Reeve, 1854)
Mactrotoma (Micromactra) californica (Conrad, 1837)
Mactrotoma (Micromactra) janeiroensis (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Mactrotoma (Micromactra) surinamensis (Altena, 1968)
Mactrotoma (Mactroderma) isthmica (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Mactrotoma (Mactroderma) velata (Philippi, 1849)
GENUS MULINIA GRAY, 1837.
Mulinia bicolor Gray, 1837
Mulinia cleryana (d´Orbigny, 1846)
Mulinia edulis (King, 1832)
Mulinia exalbida Gray, 1837
Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822)
Mulinia levicardo (E. A. Smith, 1881)
Mulinia modesta (Carpenter, 1864)
Mulinia pallida (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Mulinia pontchartrainensis Morrison, 1965
GENUS RANGIA DES MOULINS, 1832 (NON FERUSAC, 1837, NON AGASSIZ, 1860)
Rangia (Rangia) cuneata (Sowerby I, 1832)
Rangia (Rangianella) flexuosa (Conrad, 1840)
Rangia (Rangianella) mendica (Gould, 1851)
GENUS SIMOMACTRA DALL, 1894D
Simomactra dolabriformis (Conrad, 1867)
Simomactra falcata (Gould, 1850)
Simomactra planulata (Conrad, 1837)
GENUS SPISULA GRAY, 1837
Spisula fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905
Spisula (Spisula) guidoi Signorelli and Scarabino, 2010
Spisula (Spisula) isabelleana d´Orbigny, 1846
Spisula (Spisula) marplatensis Doello Jurado, 1949
Spisula (Spisula) petitii d´Orbigny, 1846
Spisula (Spisula) williamsi (Berry, 1960)
Spisula (Hemimactra) solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
Spisula (Hemimactra) raveneli (Conrad, 1832)
GENUS TRINITASIA MAURY, 1928
Trinitasia iheringi (Dall, 1897)
GENUS TUMBEZICONCHA PILSBRY & OLSSON, 1935.
Tunmbeziconcha thracioides (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Tumbeziconcha goniocyma (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Subfamily Lutrariinae Gray, 1853
GENUS TRESUS GRAY, 1853
Tresus allomyax Coan & Valentich Scott, 2000
Tresus capax (Gould, 1850)
Tresus nuttallii (Conrad, 1837)
Subfamily Darininae Signorelli in Carter et al., 2011
GENUS DARINA GRAY, 1853.
Darina solenoides (King, 1832)
Darina rustica Huber, 2010
Family Anatinellidae Deshayes in Gray, 1853
Subfamily Kymatoxinae Stenzel and Krause, 1957
GENUS ANATINA SCHUMACHER, 1817
Anatina anatina (Spengler, 1802)
Anatina cyprinus (Wood, 1828)
GENUS RAETA GRAY, 1853
Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818)
Raeta undulata (Gould, 1851)
Family Mesodesmatidae Gray, 1840
Subfamily Mesodesmatinae Gray, 1840
GENUS MESODESMA DESHAYES, 1831
Mesodesma (Mesodesma) donacium Lamarck, 1818
Mesodesma (Ceronia) arctatum (Conrad, 1831)
Mesodesma (Ceronia) deauratum (Turton, 1822)
GENUS AMARILLADESMA HUBER, 2010
Amarilladesma mactroides (Reeve, 1854)
Discussion
Biogeography of the group
Future research topics
Acknowledgments
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