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Frigidocardium centumliratum (Melvill, 1907)
381548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381548)
accepted
Species
Cardium (Fragum) centumliratum Melvill, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium centumliratum Melvill, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium (Fragum) centumliratum Melvill, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1906; with descriptions of new species. 2 Pelecypoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20: 783-848, pls 53-56 [11 April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208540
page(s): 839-840, pl. 53, fig. 2. [details]
page(s): 839-840, pl. 53, fig. 2. [details]
Note Muscat and Oman, Gulf of Oman,...
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(of Cardium (Fragum) centumliratum Melvill, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1906; with descriptions of new species. 2 Pelecypoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20: 783-848, pls 53-56 [11 April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208540
page(s): 839-840, pl. 53, fig. 2. [details]
taxonomy source Poorten, J.J. ter & L.J. van Gemert. (2016). The genus <i> Frigidocardium </i> Habe, 1951 in the Red Sea (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 80 (1-3): 64-76.
note: lectotype designation [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 60; note: lectotype figured (pl. 13 figs 14A-B) [details]
page(s): 839-840, pl. 53, fig. 2. [details]
taxonomy source Poorten, J.J. ter & L.J. van Gemert. (2016). The genus <i> Frigidocardium </i> Habe, 1951 in the Red Sea (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 80 (1-3): 64-76.
note: lectotype designation [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 60; note: lectotype figured (pl. 13 figs 14A-B) [details]




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Length L 20-25 mm [details]Type locality Muscat and Oman, Gulf of Oman, 24°58'N-56°54'E, depth 156 fms. [285 m], leg. F.W. Townsend, 07.04.1903 [details]
Type material NHMUK 1907.5.3.6, lectotype and paralectotypes; NMW 1955.158.1009, 1010 & 1011, paralectotypes [details]