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Pontalmyra sulcatina (Deshayes, 1838) †
1500418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1500418)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
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fossil only
(of Cardium sulcatinum Deshayes, 1838 †) Deshayes, G. P. (1838). Description des coquilles fossiles recueillies en Crimée par M. de Verneuil, et observations générales à leur sujet. <em>Mémoires de la Société géologique de France.</em> Sér. 1, 3, 37-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42370331
page(s): 53, pl. 2, figs 3-5 [details]
page(s): 53, pl. 2, figs 3-5 [details]
Status Junior homonym of Cardium sulcatinum Lamarck, 1819. Deshayes (1857) introduced Cardium ponticum as a replacement name....
Status Junior homonym of Cardium sulcatinum Lamarck, 1819. Deshayes (1857) introduced Cardium ponticum as a replacement name. Unaware of the new name, Nevesskaja et al. (1997: 49) treated Cardium ovatum Deshayes, 1838 as a subjective synonym of Cardium sulcatinum and classified both in Pontalmyra. Pontalmyra ovata (Deshayes, 1838) takes precedence. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pontalmyra sulcatina (Deshayes, 1838) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1500418 on 2025-09-10
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(of Cardium sulcatinum Deshayes, 1838 †) Deshayes, G. P. (1838). Description des coquilles fossiles recueillies en Crimée par M. de Verneuil, et observations générales à leur sujet. <em>Mémoires de la Société géologique de France.</em> Sér. 1, 3, 37-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42370331
page(s): 53, pl. 2, figs 3-5 [details]
basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Babak, E.V. (1997). Opredelitel' pliotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 269: 1-267, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14238
page(s): 49-50, pl. 9, figs 7-11 [details]
basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V. (2001). History of Lymnocardiinae (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <em>Paleontological Journal.</em> 35(Suppl. 3): S147-S217.
page(s): S192 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 53, pl. 2, figs 3-5 [details]
basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Babak, E.V. (1997). Opredelitel' pliotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 269: 1-267, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14238
page(s): 49-50, pl. 9, figs 7-11 [details]
basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V. (2001). History of Lymnocardiinae (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <em>Paleontological Journal.</em> 35(Suppl. 3): S147-S217.
page(s): S192 [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database
Status Junior homonym of Cardium sulcatinum Lamarck, 1819. Deshayes (1857) introduced Cardium ponticum as a replacement name. Unaware of the new name, Nevesskaja et al. (1997: 49) treated Cardium ovatum Deshayes, 1838 as a subjective synonym of Cardium sulcatinum and classified both in Pontalmyra. Pontalmyra ovata (Deshayes, 1838) takes precedence. [details]