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MACTRIDAE

Pricelist  Mactridae  updated 03-04-08 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

Form & Locality:

Description:

Grading:

All Prices in AUD:

Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, 1819

Western Australia

40-50mm, tall plae species

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

form meretriciformis, QLD

40-50mm, with blue/purple umbo

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Mactra achatina Holten, 1802

Queensland, Australia

30-40mm, mottled brown pattern

F++/GEM 

 $  5.00

Zenatia acinaces Quoy & Gaimard, 1835

New Zealand

90-100mm, elongate and narrow species, with perio

F++

 $  8.00

Mactra (Spisula) aequilateralis Deshayes, 1854 

New Zealand 

40-50mm, angular posterior, white and solid 

F++/GEM 

 $  5.00

Mactra (Electromactra) antecedens Iredale, 1930 

South Australia 

30-40mm, white elongate species 

F++/GEM 

 $  3.00

Lutraria australis Reeve, 1854 

Western Australia 

80-100mm, very narrow elongate species 

F++

 $  5.00

Mactra australis Lamarck, 1819 

Western Australia 

35-40mm, pale tan species with some purple 

F++/GEM 

 $  3.00

Mactra cinerea Montagu, 1808 

Netherlands 

35-45mm, cream coloured with very pale to white sparse radiating pattern 

F++/GEM 

 $  3.00

Mactra (Austromactra) contraria Reeve, 1854 

New South Wales 

50-60mm, solid, elongate species with moderate sculpture 

F++/GEM 

 $  3.00

Mactra corallina Linnaeus, 1758 

Mediterranean 

40-50mm, pale tan/cream species - almost smooth 

F++ 

 $  3.00

Mactra cumingii Reeve, 1854

Western Australia

80-100mm, inflated thin shells, some with pale radiating lines

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Mactra cuneata Gemelin, 1791

Queensland, Australia

15-20mm, circular purple/brown species

F++/GEM 

 $  6.00

Mactra discors Gray, 1837 

New Zealand 

50-60mm, heavy sp. - white with some perio 

F++/GEM 

 $  4.00

Mactra dissimilis Reeve, 1844 

Queensland 

30-40mm, elongate species with pale purple umbo 

F++/GEM 

 $  3.00

Mactra dolabriformis Conrad, 1867 

Mexico 

70-80mm, elongate, smooth pale cream species 

F++ 

 $  5.00

Mactra (Spisula) elliptica Brown, 1827

North Sea

25-30mm, trawled white species, with perio

F++

 $  4.00

Mactra elongata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835

New Zealand

80-90mm, elongate species with brown spotted pattern 

F++/GEM 

 $  12.00

Mactra explanata Reeve, 1854

Western Australia

30-40mm, white smooth species

F++/GEM 

 $  5.00

Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767

South Africa

90-100mm, heavy smooth cream-coloured shell 

F++

 $  6.00

Mactra glauca Born, 1778

France

90-110mm, large smooth edible species

F++

 $  5.00

Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791 

N/W Western Australia 

45-55mm, angular species with dark purple umbo and brown radiating pattern 

F++/GEM 

 $  4.00

Mactra incarnata Reeve, 1854 

N/W Western Australia

40-50mm, inflated species with brown/tan and pink radiating pattern 

F++/GEM 

 $  5.00

Mactra (Nannomactra) jacksonensis Smith, 1885

South Australia

12-15mm, colourful with pink white and yellow

F++/GEM 

 $  3.00

Mactra lanceolata Gray, 1852 

New Zealand 

80-100mm, very long narrow species 

F++ 

 $  6.00

Mactra (Mulinia) lateralis Say, 1822

Florida

12-15mm, angular white species

F++/GEM 

 $  3.00

Mactra luzonica Reeve, 1854 

Western Australia 

35-45mm, white fragile species 

F++/GEM 

 $  5.00

Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791

Indonesia

60-70mm, speckled pattern with purple/brown posterior blotch

F++/GEM 

 $  5.00

Mactra murchisoni (Deshayes, 1854) 

New Zealand 

70-80mm, large smooth white shells

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Meropesta nicobarica Gmelin, 1791

New South Wales, Australia

20-30mm, white and elongate

F++

 $  6.00

Mactra olorina Philippi, 1846 

N/W Western Australia 

40-50mm, smooth thin white shells 

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Mactra ovata Gray, 1843 

New Zealand 

50-60mm, inflated but solid shells, cream coloured

F++ 

 $  3.00

Mactra (Raeta) plicatella Lamarck, 1818

Texas, USA

40-50mm, thin fragile shells

F++/GEM 

 $  10.00

Mactra pura Reeve, 1854 

Perth, Western Australia 

30-40mm, angular white species 

F++/GEM 

 $  3.00

Mactra pusilla A. Adams, 1855

Queensland, Australia

20-25mm, tan shells with brown radial lines

F++/GEM 

 $  4.00

Lutraria rhynchaena Jonas, 1844

S/W Western Australia

90-100mm, curved narrow heavy species

F++

 $  5.00

Mactra (Austromactra) rufescens Lamarck, 1819 

Tasmania 

50-60mm, heavily sculptured, solid species 

F++/GEM 

 $  4.00

Mactra serica Reeve, 1854 

N/W Western Australia 

50-60mm, elongate with white radiating lines on a tan background 

F++/GEM 

 $  4.00

Mactra (Spisula) solida Linnaeus, 1758 

Belgium 

35-40mm, solid pale cream to white shells 

F++/GEM 

 $  3.00

Mactra (Scissodesma) spengleri Linnaeus, 1758 

South Africa

80-90mm, very angular posterior

F++/GEM 

 $  10.00

Mactra (Spisula) trigonella Lamarck, 1819 

Tasmania 

20-25mm, white with tan interior 

F++

 $  3.00

Mactra turgida Gemelin, 1791

Queensland, Australia

50-60mm, very inflated and thin cream-coloured species

F++/GEM 

 $  3.00

Mactra (Diaphoromactra) versicolor Tate, 1886

South Australia

10-12mm, brown/tan obscure species

F++/GEM 

 $  6.00

Mactra westralis Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990

Western Australia

30-40mm, very localised white species

F++/GEM 

 $  6.00

 

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