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Oxyperas elongatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Mactridae
Genus:	Oxyperas
Species:	O. elongatum
Binomial name
Oxyperas elongatum (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)
Synonyms
Longimactra elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) superseded combination †Longimactra elongata komakoensis R. M. Carter, 1972 junior subjective synonym Mactra elongata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 superseded combination Mactra mariae A. Adams, 1856 junior subjective synonym Mulinia notata F. W. Hutton, 1873 junior subjective synonym Oxyperas elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) wrong grammatical agreement of the species epithet

Oxyperas elongatum is a species of large bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae.

References

1. Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832–1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i–l, 1–264; 2(1): 1–321 ; 2(2): 321–686 ; 3(1): 1–366 ; 3(2): 367–954 ; 4 ; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1–93 ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 page(s): 518
2. Carter, R. M. 1972. Wanganui Strata of Komako District, Pohangina Valley, Ruahine Range, Manawatu. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2: 293–324. page(s): 310
3. Adams, A. (1856). Descriptions of thirty four new species of bivalve Mollusca (Leda, Nucula, and Pythina) from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 24 (1856): 47–53., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860573 page(s): 53.
4. Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1352868
5. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Oxyperas elongatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061455 on 25 July 2024
6. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

• Mactridae
• Bivalves of New Zealand