Galapagos Species Database
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Mactrotoma velata
Molusco, Mollusk
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Superfamily
Mactroidea
Family
Mactridae
Genus
Mactrotoma
Species
velata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Mactra paitensis Philippi, 1893, Mactra velata Philippi, 1849 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Cauquoin, M. (1969) Mollusques récoltés par M. Hoffstetter sur les cotes de l’Equateur et aux Îles Galapagos : Mactridae Cauquoin, M. (1969). Mollusques récoltés par M. Hoffstetter sur les cotes de l’Equateur et aux Îles Galapagos : Mactridae. Bulletin Du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 1019–1030
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Keen, A.M. (1971) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru- Second Edition. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 2nd edition, 1064 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Mactrotoma velata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20040. Accessed 31 October 2026.