WoRMS taxon details
Acrosterigma dianthinum (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
345687 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345687)
accepted
Species
Cardium (Trachycardium) dianthinum Melvill & Standen, 1899 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium (Trachycardium) dianthinum Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 190, pl. 11 figs 25-25a [details]
page(s): 190, pl. 11 figs 25-25a [details]
Note Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, channel...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, channel between Hammond Isl. and Wednesday spit, sand and small rounded pebbles, dead shells, 5 fms [9 m], 15.09.1888. Prof. A.C. Haddon Exped. 1888-1889, st. 10 [details]
Type material NHMUK 1899.2.23.11, one syntype; NMW 1955.158.693, three syntypes; Manchester Museum EE.7738, five syntypes [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acrosterigma dianthinum (Melvill & Standen, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345687 on 2025-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardium (Trachycardium) dianthinum Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 190, pl. 11 figs 25-25a [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 494; note: syntype figured (pl. 210 figs 6A-D) [details]
page(s): 190, pl. 11 figs 25-25a [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 494; note: syntype figured (pl. 210 figs 6A-D) [details]
Other
additional source
Poorten, J.J. ter, 2009. The Cardiidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 Deep-Sea Cruise with descriptions of four new species (Bivalvia). <i>Vita Malacologica</i> 8: 9-96 [21 November 2009] . Available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850, available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Length L 10-15 mm (adult) [details]Type locality Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, channel between Hammond Isl. and Wednesday spit, sand and small rounded pebbles, dead shells, 5 fms [9 m], 15.09.1888. Prof. A.C. Haddon Exped. 1888-1889, st. 10 [details]
Type material NHMUK 1899.2.23.11, one syntype; NMW 1955.158.693, three syntypes; Manchester Museum EE.7738, five syntypes [details]
