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Mactridae

family of molluscs
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Mactridae

Summary

Mactridae is a taxon[1]. Mactridae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mactridae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mactridae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Mactridae belongs to the parent taxon Mactroidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Mactridae is Mactridae[6].
  • Mactridae's Commons category is recorded as Mactridae[7].
  • Mactridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mactridae[8].
  • Mactridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Strandschelpen e.a.'}[9].
  • Mactridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Trogmuscheln'}[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mactridae is Mactridae[6]. Mactridae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Mactridae is classified within Mactroidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Strandschelpen e.a.'}[9] and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Trogmuscheln'}[10].

Identifiers

Mactridae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 117623[11]. Mactridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6581[12]. Mactridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3454[13]. Mactridae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 80942[14].

Why It Matters

Mactridae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2] Mactridae has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Mactridae is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Mactroidea
    Topic's main category → Category:Mactridae
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007602203305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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