MolluscaBase taxon details
Vepricardium burnupi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
381089 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381089)
accepted
Species
Cardium (Acanthocardia) serrula L. R. Cox, 1927 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium burnupi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium burnupi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 25, pl. 8, fig. 25. [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 8, fig. 25. [details]
Note South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Durban, NHMUK...
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vepricardium burnupi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381089 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Cardium burnupi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 25, pl. 8, fig. 25. [details]
original description (of Cardium (Acanthocardia) serrula L. R. Cox, 1927 †) Cox, L. R. (1927). Neogene and Quaternary Mollusca from the Zanzibar Protectorate. In: Anonymous (Eds.): Report on the Palaeontology of the Zanzibar Protectorate based mainly on the collection made by G. M. Stockley. Government of Zanzibar, Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, pp. 13-102, 171–180, pls. 3-19.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 316; note: possible syntypes figured (pl. 126 figs 6-7) [details]
additional source Poorten, J.J. ter & H. Dekker, 2002. <i>Vepricardium vidali spec. nov.</i> (Bivalvia, Cardiidae), from southern Arabia, Oman and Yemen. <i>Basteria</i> 66 (1-3): 101-105. [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 8, fig. 25. [details]
original description (of Cardium (Acanthocardia) serrula L. R. Cox, 1927 †) Cox, L. R. (1927). Neogene and Quaternary Mollusca from the Zanzibar Protectorate. In: Anonymous (Eds.): Report on the Palaeontology of the Zanzibar Protectorate based mainly on the collection made by G. M. Stockley. Government of Zanzibar, Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, pp. 13-102, 171–180, pls. 3-19.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 316; note: possible syntypes figured (pl. 126 figs 6-7) [details]
additional source Poorten, J.J. ter & H. Dekker, 2002. <i>Vepricardium vidali spec. nov.</i> (Bivalvia, Cardiidae), from southern Arabia, Oman and Yemen. <i>Basteria</i> 66 (1-3): 101-105. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Length L 30-48 mm (adult) [details]Type locality South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Durban [details]
Type material NHMUK 1899.4.14.3166, four syntypes [details]
To Conchology (Vepricardium burnupi)
To Conchology (Vepricardium burnupi)
To Conchology (Vepricardium burnupi)
To Malacopics (Vepricardium burnupi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897))
To Conchology (Vepricardium burnupi)
To Conchology (Vepricardium burnupi)
To Malacopics (Vepricardium burnupi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897))
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