A revision of the living Mactridae (Bivalvia: Autobranchia) from Northern Argentina and Uruguay

Living bivalves of the family Mactridae from Northern Argentina and Uruguay are herein revised. A bibliographical research yielded 22 nominal species reported from this area. Material from several institutions as well as fi eldwork from La Paloma, Uruguay to San Blas, Argentina was studied. In addit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Signorelli, Javier Hernan, Pastorino, Roberto Santiago Guido
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/17019
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/17019
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mactridae
Bivalvia
Mollusca
Southwestern Atlantic
Mactra
Darina
Raeta
Mactrella
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Sumario:Living bivalves of the family Mactridae from Northern Argentina and Uruguay are herein revised. A bibliographical research yielded 22 nominal species reported from this area. Material from several institutions as well as fi eldwork from La Paloma, Uruguay to San Blas, Argentina was studied. In addition, all type material were illustrated and redescribed. Descriptions of the soft and hard parts including ultrastructure of the shell, hinge and ligament using the Scanning electronic microscope (SEM) were carried out. We consider Mactra guidoi Signorelli and Scarabino, 2010, Mactra isabelleana d ́Orbigny, 1846, Mactra marplatensis Doello-Jurado, 1949, Mactra petitii d ́Orbigny, 1846 , Mactrella janeiroensis (Smith, 1915), Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818) and Darina solenoides (King, 1832) as valid species. In addition, a list of synonyms as well as the corroborated distribution is proposed for each species.