MolluscaBase taxon details
Goethemia elegantula (Møller, 1842)
181347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181347)
accepted
Species
Cardium elegantulum Møller, 1842 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cerastoderma elegantulum (Møller, 1842) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Parvicardium elegantulum (Møller, 1842) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium elegantulum Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 93 [details]
page(s): 93 [details]
Note W. Greenland, on clay, gravel and pebbles,...
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Goethemia elegantula (Møller, 1842). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181347 on 2025-06-30
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(of Cardium elegantulum Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 93 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 132; note: syntypes figured (pl. 44 figs 1-5) [details]
page(s): 93 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 132; note: syntypes figured (pl. 44 figs 1-5) [details]




From editor or global species database
Length L 10-14 mm [details]Type locality W. Greenland, on clay, gravel and pebbles, 55-109 m (Schiøtte & Warén, 1992: 9) [details]
Type material ZMUC BIV12 & BIV13, two syntypes; SMNH 3837, two syntypes; NHMUK 1843.6.30.238-242, five syntypes [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cerastoderma elegantulum (Møller, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Cardium elegantulum Møller, 1842)
To Malacopics (Goethemia elegantula (Møller, 1842) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, Sletvi...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI (from synonym Parvicardium elegantulum (Møller, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Cerastoderma elegantulum (Møller, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Cardium elegantulum Møller, 1842)
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cerastoderma elegantulum (Møller, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Cardium elegantulum Møller, 1842)
To Malacopics (Goethemia elegantula (Møller, 1842) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, Sletvi...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI (from synonym Parvicardium elegantulum (Møller, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Cerastoderma elegantulum (Møller, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Cardium elegantulum Møller, 1842)
To PESI