Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Mactroidea > Family Mactridae > Subfamily Mactrinae > Genus Mulinia

Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mulinia*	J. E. Gray, 1837	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mactra lateralis*	Say, 1822	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: dwarf surfclam sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: mactre naine

Literature

basis of record	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Craeymeersch, J. A.; Faasse, M. A.; Gheerardyn, H.; Troost, K.; Nijland, R.; Engelberts, A.; Perdon, K. J.; Van den Ende, D.; Van Zwol, J. (2019). First records of the dwarf surf clam Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) in Europe. Marine Biodiversity Records. 12: 5.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156870