WoRMS name details
Hemicardium hystrix var. brevispinosa Preston, 1908
1739427 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1739427)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Variety
Hemicardium hystrix (Reeve, 1844) accepted as Cardium hystrix Reeve, 1844 accepted as Ctenocardia virgo (Reeve, 1845)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Preston, H. B. (1908). Descriptions of new species of land, marine and freshwater shells from the Andaman Islands. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 2(2): 187-210, pls 14-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35163982
page(s): 206 [details]
page(s): 206 [details]
Type locality contained in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
, Note ZSI M 4052/1, holotype
type locality contained in Andaman and Nicobar Islands [details]
Type material ZSI M 4052/1, holotype [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hemicardium hystrix var. brevispinosa Preston, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1739427 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Preston, H. B. (1908). Descriptions of new species of land, marine and freshwater shells from the Andaman Islands. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 2(2): 187-210, pls 14-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35163982
page(s): 206 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 202 [details]
page(s): 206 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 202 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Subba Rao, N. V. (2017). Indian Seashells. Part 2, Bivalvia. <em>Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper.</em> 375: 1-568. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type material ZSI M 4052/1, holotype [details]
