original description
(of Cardium japonicum Dunker, 1860) Dunker, W. (1860). Neue japanische Mollusken. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 6: 221-240. [Published Jan. 1860, see pages 209 & 225]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014319
page(s): 223-224 [details]
basis of record
Hylleberg, J. 2009. Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Collection of Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, Previously the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC). Annotated and Revised. Part 2 (of 2). Steenstrupia 31: 103–324. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Japan [details]
Type material Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, holotype [details]