MolluscaBase taxon details
Lyrocardium aurantiacum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
381808 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381808)
accepted
Species
Cardium (Discors) gloriosus Kuroda, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium aurantiacum A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium aurantiacum A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 77, pl. 22, fig. 4. [details]
page(s): 77, pl. 22, fig. 4. [details]
Note ‘China Sea’, H.M.S. Samarang Exp.,...
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyrocardium aurantiacum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381808 on 2025-09-10
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(of Cardium aurantiacum A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 77, pl. 22, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Cardium (Discors) gloriosus Kuroda, 1928) Kuroda, T. (1928). Catalogue of the shell-bearing Mollusca of Amami-Ôshima (Ôshima, Ôsumi). <em>Kagoshima-ken Kyoiku Chosa-kai [Kagoshima Prefectural Educational Investigation Committee]. vii.</em> 126: pp.
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 96 [details]
page(s): 77, pl. 22, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Cardium (Discors) gloriosus Kuroda, 1928) Kuroda, T. (1928). Catalogue of the shell-bearing Mollusca of Amami-Ôshima (Ôshima, Ôsumi). <em>Kagoshima-ken Kyoiku Chosa-kai [Kagoshima Prefectural Educational Investigation Committee]. vii.</em> 126: pp.
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 96 [details]




From editor or global species database
Length L 30-45 mm [details]Type locality ‘China Sea’, H.M.S. Samarang Exp., 1843-1846 [details]
Type material Unknown [details]
To Conchology (Lyrocardium aurantiacum GIANT)
To Conchology (Lyrocardium aurantiacum LARGE)
To Conchology (Lyrocardium aurantiacum YELLOW)
To Conchology (Lyrocardium aurantiacum)
To Malacopics (Lyrocardium aurantiacum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, Honiara, at night, sandy bottom , by SCUBA diving, at 15-20 m depth, collected 1987, ex coll...
To Conchology (Lyrocardium aurantiacum LARGE)
To Conchology (Lyrocardium aurantiacum YELLOW)
To Conchology (Lyrocardium aurantiacum)
To Malacopics (Lyrocardium aurantiacum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, Honiara, at night, sandy bottom , by SCUBA diving, at 15-20 m depth, collected 1987, ex coll...