Mactra

See also: mactra

Translingual

Mactra veneriformis, a trough clam or duck clam

Etymology

From Latin mactra (“kneading-trough”), from Ancient Greek μάκτρα (máktra).

Proper noun

Mactra f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mactridae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class; Autobranchia – subclass; Heteroconchia – superorder; Venerida – order; Mactroidea – superfamily; Mactridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mactra stultorum (rayed trough shell, syn. Mactra corallina) - type species

References

• Mactra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mactra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mactra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mactra at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mactra at AnimalBase
• Mactra at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mactra at World Register of Marine Species