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Vasticardium kenyanum (L. R. Cox, 1930) †
381343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381343)
accepted
Species
Cardium (Trachycardium) kenyanum L. R. Cox, 1930 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium kenyanum L. R. Cox, 1930 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Cardium (Trachycardium) kenyanum L. R. Cox, 1930 †) Cox, L.R. (1930). Report on geological collections from the coastlands of Kenya Colony made by Miss M. McKinnon Wood. VII. Post-Pliocene Mollusca. Monographs Hunterian Museum 4: 131-163, pls 13, 15. [details]
Note Kenya, Mombasa, railway cutting Schimanzi...
Fossil range Pleistocene
Fossil range Pleistocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vasticardium kenyanum (L. R. Cox, 1930) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381343 on 2025-09-10
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(of Cardium (Trachycardium) kenyanum L. R. Cox, 1930 †) Cox, L.R. (1930). Report on geological collections from the coastlands of Kenya Colony made by Miss M. McKinnon Wood. VII. Post-Pliocene Mollusca. Monographs Hunterian Museum 4: 131-163, pls 13, 15. [details]
basis of record Hylleberg J. (2015). Revision and morphometric characteristics of the <i>Vasticardium fidele</i> group (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) in the Indo-Pacific with description of three new species. <em>Novapex.</em> 16(3): 81-94.
note: Species considered as extinct [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Poorten, J. J. ter. (2005). The identity of <i>Cardium (Trachycardium) kenyanum</i> Cox, from Pleistocene deposits in Mombasa, Kenya (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 69: 1-3. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hylleberg J. (2015). Revision and morphometric characteristics of the <i>Vasticardium fidele</i> group (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) in the Indo-Pacific with description of three new species. <em>Novapex.</em> 16(3): 81-94.
note: Species considered as extinct [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Poorten, J. J. ter. (2005). The identity of <i>Cardium (Trachycardium) kenyanum</i> Cox, from Pleistocene deposits in Mombasa, Kenya (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 69: 1-3. [details] Available for editors
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Fossil range Pleistocene [details]Length 50-96 mm [details]
Type locality Kenya, Mombasa, railway cutting Schimanzi Branch line (st. 6b). Pleistocene raised reef deposits. Leg. Ms. M. McKinnon Wood [details]
Type material GLAHM (Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, UK) S4193, holotype [details]
