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Vepricardium Iredale, 1929
381085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381085)
accepted
Genus
Vepricardium pulchricostatum Iredale, 1929 accepted as Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) (type by original designation)
Pectunculus Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: non Lamarck, 1799 nec da...)
invalid: non Lamarck, 1799 nec da Costa, 1778
- Species Vepricardium asiaticum (Bruguière, 1789)
- Species Vepricardium asperulum (Lamarck, 1805) †
- Species Vepricardium burnupi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
- Species Vepricardium cheribonense (Oostingh, 1935) †
- Species Vepricardium coronatum (Schröter, 1786)
- Species Vepricardium incarnatum (Reeve, 1844)
- Species Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839)
- Species Vepricardium rubrohamatum Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1988
- Species Vepricardium sinense (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839)
- Species Vepricardium vidali ter Poorten & H. Dekker, 2002
- Species Vepricardium antiquum Ludbrook, 1978 † accepted as Maoricardium antiquum (Ludbrook, 1978) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Vepricardium eichhorsti Thach, 2015 accepted as Cardium sinense G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 accepted as Vepricardium sinense (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Vepricardium leve (Anton, 1938) accepted as Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) (based on nomen oblitum)
- Species Vepricardium moniletectum (Tate, 1887) † accepted as Hedecardium moniletectum (Tate, 1887) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Vepricardium pulchricostatum Iredale, 1929 accepted as Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Vepricardium verrucosum (Deshayes, 1829) † accepted as Freneixicardia verrucosa (Deshayes, 1829) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Vepricardium albohamatum Hylleberg, 2000 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
neuter
Iredale, T. (1929). Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 5(4): 337-352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709514
page(s): 338 [details]
page(s): 338 [details]
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original description
Iredale, T. (1929). Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 5(4): 337-352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709514
page(s): 338 [details]
original description (of Pectunculus Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 33 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 299 [details]
additional source Voskuil, R. P. A.; Onverwagt, W. J. H. (1988). Studies on Cardiidae 1. The genus <i>Vepricardium</i> Iredale, 1929 with description of a new species. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 27 (5-6): 86-91. [details]
additional source Vidal, J. (2000). Genus <i>Vepricardium</i> Iredale 1929 (Bivalvia, Cardiidae) with description of a new species from Thailand, <i>Vepricardium albohamatum</i> Hylleberg. <em>Vidal. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication.</em> 21(2): 447-464. [details]
page(s): 338 [details]
original description (of Pectunculus Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 33 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 299 [details]
additional source Voskuil, R. P. A.; Onverwagt, W. J. H. (1988). Studies on Cardiidae 1. The genus <i>Vepricardium</i> Iredale, 1929 with description of a new species. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 27 (5-6): 86-91. [details]
additional source Vidal, J. (2000). Genus <i>Vepricardium</i> Iredale 1929 (Bivalvia, Cardiidae) with description of a new species from Thailand, <i>Vepricardium albohamatum</i> Hylleberg. <em>Vidal. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication.</em> 21(2): 447-464. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
