MolluscaBase - Vetocardia Conrad, 1869 †

MolluscaBase name details

Vetocardia Conrad, 1869 †

AphiaID

1813566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1813566)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym (unnecessary substitute name for Pseudocardia Conrad, 1866, treated by Conrad as a junior homonym of Pseudocardium Gabb.)

Accepted name

Pseudocardia Conrad, 1866 †

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cardita dupiniana A. d'Orbigny, 1844 † accepted as Pseudocardia dupiniana (A. d'Orbigny, 1844) † (type by typification of replaced name)

Parent

Carditidae A. Férussac, 1822

Original name

Vetocardia Conrad, 1869 †

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Conrad, T. A. (1869). Notes on Recent and fossil shells, with descriptions of new genera. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4: 246-249., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070355
page(s): 246 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vetocardia Conrad, 1869 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1813566 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-05-14 05:34:13Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description Conrad, T. A. (1869). Notes on Recent and fossil shells, with descriptions of new genera. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4: 246-249., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070355
page(s): 246 [details]