original description
(of Cardium magnificum P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). Report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 1856: 159-368., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920056
page(s): 187 [details]
original description
(of Cardium biangulatum Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 367-368 [details]
basis of record
Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source
Lee, H. G. & Huber, M. (2012). <i>Americardia lightbourni</i> new species and <i>A. columbella</i> new species compared to <i>A. media</i> the extinct <i>A. columba</i>. <i>The Nautilus</i> 126(1): 15–24. <em>Heilprin.</em> 1886Bivalvia: Cardiidae. [details]
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Type locality Not given by Broderip & Sowerby (1829); ‘St. Elena, Mr. Cuming’ (G.B. Sowerby 2nd, 1840: 7); Ecuador, Santa Elena – designated as type locality by Hertlein & Strong (1947: 140) [details]
Type material NHMUK, Cuming coll. (Oldroyd, 1925: 144) [details]
Type material Not traced in NHMUK (JJ ter Poorten, visit 10.2013) [details]
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