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Vasticardium sewelli (Prashad, 1932)
381375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381375)
accepted
Species
Cardium (Trachycardium) laddi Abrard, 1947 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium (Trachycardium) sewelli Prashad, 1932 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium (Trachycardium) sewelli Prashad, 1932) Prashad, B. (1932). The Lamellibranchia of the Siboga expedition. Systematic part II (exclusive of the Pectinidae). In: Weber M. (ed.) <i>Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 53c (Livraison 118): 1-351, pls 1-9. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36125645
page(s): 268, pl. 6 figs 25-26 [details]
page(s): 268, pl. 6 figs 25-26 [details]
Note Indonesia, Sulawesi, Salibabu Island,...
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Type material Indonesia, Sulawesi, Salibabu Island, anchorage off Lirung, 03.9549'N-126.7069'E, up to 36 m, mud, hard sand, trawl, dredge, reef-exploration, townet. Siboga Expedition, 1899-1900, sta. 133. 27.07.1899 [details]
Type material ZMA.MOLL.135301, holotype [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vasticardium sewelli (Prashad, 1932). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381375 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Cardium (Trachycardium) laddi Abrard, 1947 †) Abrard, R. (1947). Fossiles néogènes et quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides (Missions E. Aubert de la Rüe, 1934-1936). <em>Annales de Paléontologie.</em> 32: 1-112, pls 1-5.
page(s): 33-34, pl. 3 figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cardium (Trachycardium) sewelli Prashad, 1932) Prashad, B. (1932). The Lamellibranchia of the Siboga expedition. Systematic part II (exclusive of the Pectinidae). In: Weber M. (ed.) <i>Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 53c (Livraison 118): 1-351, pls 1-9. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36125645
page(s): 268, pl. 6 figs 25-26 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 446; note: holotype figured (pl. 186 figs 5A-B) [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]
additional source Poorten, J.J. ter, 1997. <i>Acrosterigma sewelli</i> (Prashad, 1932), a valid species from the central Indo-Pacific, compared with <i>Acrosterigma flava</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <i>Basteria</i> 61 (1-3): 33-39. [details]
page(s): 33-34, pl. 3 figs 1-2 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Cardium (Trachycardium) sewelli Prashad, 1932) Prashad, B. (1932). The Lamellibranchia of the Siboga expedition. Systematic part II (exclusive of the Pectinidae). In: Weber M. (ed.) <i>Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 53c (Livraison 118): 1-351, pls 1-9. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36125645
page(s): 268, pl. 6 figs 25-26 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 446; note: holotype figured (pl. 186 figs 5A-B) [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]
additional source Poorten, J.J. ter, 1997. <i>Acrosterigma sewelli</i> (Prashad, 1932), a valid species from the central Indo-Pacific, compared with <i>Acrosterigma flava</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <i>Basteria</i> 61 (1-3): 33-39. [details]




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Length 30-65 mm [details]Type material Indonesia, Sulawesi, Salibabu Island, anchorage off Lirung, 03.9549'N-126.7069'E, up to 36 m, mud, hard sand, trawl, dredge, reef-exploration, townet. Siboga Expedition, 1899-1900, sta. 133. 27.07.1899 [details]
Type material ZMA.MOLL.135301, holotype [details]