MolluscaBase - Acrosterigma variegatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)

WoRMS taxon details

Acrosterigma variegatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)

AphiaID

345697 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345697)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acrosterigma Dall, 1900

Original name

Cardium variegatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1840

Synonymised names

Acrosterigma swanae (S. J. Maxwell, Congdon & Rymer, 2016) · unaccepted (synonym)

Cardium variegatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1840 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Trachycardium variegatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Vasticardium swanae S. J. Maxwell, Congdon & Rymer, 2016 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cardium variegatum 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): 181, fig. 57 [details]

Type data

Note Philippines, Leyte (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841:...

From editor or global species database

Type locality Philippines, Leyte (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841: 507-508); Ticao (label and another location with illegible label). Coll. Cuming [details]

Type material NHMUK 20140803, three possible syntypes [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acrosterigma variegatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345697 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-06-06 01:38:35Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-03-29 08:44:56Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2014-11-10 14:29:33Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

Licensing

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

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cardium variegatum 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): 181, fig. 57 [details]

original description (of Vasticardium swanae S. J. Maxwell, Congdon & Rymer, 2016) Maxwell, S.J., Congdon, B.C. & Rymer, T.L. (2016). A new species of Vasticardium (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) from Queensland, Australia. The Festivus. 48 (4): 248-252.
page(s): 249, figs 1, 2G, back cover [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 504 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Length 30-60 mm [details]

Type locality Philippines, Leyte (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841: 507-508); Ticao (label and another location with illegible label). Coll. Cuming [details]

Type material NHMUK 20140803, three possible syntypes [details]

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