Mactrellona Marks 1951

Genus Mactrellona Marks, 1951 Type species. Mactra alata Spengler, 1802 [original designation]. Diagnosis. Shell large with a posterior area defined by keel, hinge plate inclined anteriorly, with short lateral teeth. Distribution. Atlantic coast of America, from United States to Brazil, Pacific coast of North America to Peru.
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 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3245.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6544861
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