MolluscaBase - Nemocardium lyratum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)

MolluscaBase name details

Nemocardium lyratum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)

AphiaID

216398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216398)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Lyrocardium lyratum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Nemocardium Meek, 1876

Original name

Cardium lyratum G. B. Sowerby II, 1840

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cardium lyratum G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). Cardium. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): 177, fig. 40 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nemocardium lyratum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216398 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-13 08:24:17Z

created

Fondo, Esther

1998-05-26 07:50:32Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2010-04-02 10:21:04Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-10-08 15:11:17Z

checked

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2017-12-16 05:02:25Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-08-21 09:37:20Z

changed

Vos, Chris

Licensing

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original description (of Cardium lyratum G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). Cardium. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): 177, fig. 40 [details]

additional source MacDonald & Co. (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
English	lyrate cockle	[details]