MolluscaBase - Cardium aequale Deshayes, 1855

MolluscaBase name details

Cardium aequale Deshayes, 1855

AphiaID

381448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381448)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Cardium dionaeum Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 accepted as Corculum dionaeum (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cardium Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cardium aequale Deshayes, 1855

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744
page(s): 332 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardium aequale Deshayes, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381448 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-26 09:04:42Z

created

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2009-01-30 12:26:24Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2013-04-16 18:40:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-02-08 12:38:23Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2024-08-15 13:12:29Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744
page(s): 332 [details]

source of synonymy Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 232; note: holotype figured (pl. 91 figs 3A-E) [details]