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Microcardium simillimum (E. A. Smith, 1896)
381840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381840)
accepted
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Cardium (Fragum) simillimum E. A. Smith, 1896 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium (Fragum) simillimum E. A. Smith, 1896) Smith, E. A. (1896). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer ´Investigator´, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N. - Series II, No. 22. Descriptions of new deep-sea Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 6, 18: 367-375., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628554
page(s): 372-373. [details]
page(s): 372-373. [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Sri Lanka, off Colombo Lighthouse, 142-400...
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Microcardium simillimum (E. A. Smith, 1896). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381840 on 2025-09-10
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(of Cardium (Fragum) simillimum E. A. Smith, 1896) Smith, E. A. (1896). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer ´Investigator´, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N. - Series II, No. 22. Descriptions of new deep-sea Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 6, 18: 367-375., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628554
page(s): 372-373. [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 74; note: holotype figured (pl. 20 fig. 10) [details]
additional source Poorten, J.J. ter. (2021). <i>Microcardium pseudonomurai</i> spec. nov. and <i>Microcardium pseudocancellatum</i> spec. nov., two new deep water cockles from the Indo-West Pacific with a note on the status of <i>Trifaricardium</i> (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 20: 103-114. [details]
page(s): 372-373. [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 74; note: holotype figured (pl. 20 fig. 10) [details]
additional source Poorten, J.J. ter. (2021). <i>Microcardium pseudonomurai</i> spec. nov. and <i>Microcardium pseudocancellatum</i> spec. nov., two new deep water cockles from the Indo-West Pacific with a note on the status of <i>Trifaricardium</i> (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 20: 103-114. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Length L 15-21 mm [details]Type locality Sri Lanka, off Colombo Lighthouse, 142-400 fathoms (260-731 m) [details]
Type material Indian Museum, Kolkata [Calcutta] (Smith, 1896: 367) = Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, M410/1, 1 s.v., "type" [= holotype] [details]
