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Cardium elenense G. B. Sowerby II, 1840

381806  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381806)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cardiida (Order)
  10. Cardioidea (Superfamily)
  11. Cardiidae (Family)
  12. Cardiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Cardium (Genus)
  14. Cardium elenense (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Laevicardium apicinum P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). <i>Cardium</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): 181, fig. 58 [details] 
Note ‘ad Sanctam Elenam’ [Ecuador, Santa...  
Type locality ‘ad Sanctam Elenam’ [Ecuador, Santa Elena], in sandy mud at 7 fms. Coll. Cuming [details]
Type material NHMUK 1989120, syntypes [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardium elenense G. B. Sowerby II, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381806 on 2025-09-10
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2009-01-29 09:17:05Z
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ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2012-07-23 02:45:35Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2024-07-23 11:55:32Z
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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). <i>Cardium</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): 181, fig. 58 [details] 

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 384 [details] 
From editor or global species database
Type locality ‘ad Sanctam Elenam’ [Ecuador, Santa Elena], in sandy mud at 7 fms. Coll. Cuming [details]

Type material NHMUK 1989120, syntypes [details]
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