''Mactra glabrata'' is a species of

bivalves Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed by a calcified exoskeleton consis ...

belonging to the family

Mactridae Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family (biology), family of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusks in the order (biology), order Venerida. Description These clams have two short siphons, each with a ...

. The species inhabits southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

References

Mactridae Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean Molluscs of the Indian Ocean Bivalves described in 1767 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Bivalve-stub