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Acrosterigma attenuatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)

345700  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345700)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cardiida (Order)
  10. Cardioidea (Superfamily)
  11. Cardiidae (Family)
  12. Trachycardiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Acrosterigma (Genus)
  14. Acrosterigma attenuatum (Species)
accepted
Species
Cardium attenuatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Laevicardium attenuatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vasticardium attenuatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium attenuatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1841). [Characters of new species of the genus Cardium exhibited by Mr. Cuming]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1840: 105-111 (May 1841)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571542
page(s): 109 [details] 
Note Labelled ‘Ceylon, Zanzibar, Philippines,...  
Type locality Labelled ‘Ceylon, Zanzibar, Philippines, M.C.’ although only Ceylon [Sri Lanka] is mentioned in the original description. Coll. Cuming [details]
Type material NHMUK 1971026, lectotype [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acrosterigma attenuatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345700 on 2025-09-10
Date
action
by
2008-06-06 01:38:35Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-04-02 10:21:04Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2013-11-08 06:39:57Z
changed
ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2014-10-30 19:52:19Z
changed
ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description (of Cardium attenuatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1841). [Characters of new species of the genus Cardium exhibited by Mr. Cuming]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1840: 105-111 (May 1841)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571542
page(s): 109 [details] 

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 510; note: lectotype figured (pl. 218 figs 1A-D) [details] 

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] 

new combination reference Vidal, J. (1999). Taxonomic review of the elongated cockles: genera <i>Trachycardium, Vasticardium</i> and <i>Acrosterigma</i> (Mollusca, Cardiidae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 21(2): 259-335. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Type locality Labelled ‘Ceylon, Zanzibar, Philippines, M.C.’ although only Ceylon [Sri Lanka] is mentioned in the original description. Coll. Cuming [details]

Type material NHMUK 1971026, lectotype [details]
To Conchology (Acrosterigma attenuatum YELLOW) 
To Conchology (Acrosterigma attenuatum YELLOW) 
To Conchology (Acrosterigma attenuatum YELLOW) 
To Conchology (Acrosterigma attenuatum) 
To Conchology (Acrosterigma attenuatum) 
To Conchology (Acrosterigma attenuatum) 
To Malacopics (Acrosterigma attenuatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)) 
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