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Clinocardium nuttallii (Conrad, 1837)
381980 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381980)
accepted
Species
Cardium californianum Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium corbis Martyn, 1784 · unaccepted > unavailable name (non-binominal)
Cardium nuttallii Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Clinocardium ovalis Barinov, 1992 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium nuttallii Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 229, pl. 17 fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 229, pl. 17 fig. 3 [details]
Note U.S.A., Oregon, Columbia River estuary, ANSP...
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original description
(of Cardium corbis Martyn, 1784) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680
page(s): 2, pl. 80 [details]
original description (of Cardium californianum Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 229, pl. 17 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Cardium nuttallii Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 229, pl. 17 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Clinocardium ovalis Barinov, 1992 †) Gladenkov, Y. B.; Barinov, K. B.; Basilian, A. E.; Bordunov, S. I.; Bratseva, G. M.; Zeryanov, Y. V.; Kuralenko, N. P.; Vitukhin, D. I.; Oreshkina, T. V.; Ganzei, S. S.; Kiyashko, S. I.; Trubikhin V. M. (1992). Detal'noye raschleneniye neogena Kamchatki [Detailed division of the Neogene of Kamchatka]. <em>Trudy Geologicheskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 478: 1-208. Moskva.
page(s): 124, pl. 3, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Kafanov, A.I. (1998b). Recent and fossil Clinocardiinae (Bivalvia, Cardiidae) of the world. II. Genus <i>Clinocardium</i> Keen, 1936 emend. Kafanov, 1974. <em>Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum.</em> 25: 29-45, pl. 1-4. [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 276 [details]
additional source Lutaenko, K.A. & Héros, V. (2011). Type material of bivalve mollusks collected during <i>Vénus</i> voyage (1836-1839) from Kamchatka, Russia, in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. <em>Malacologia.</em> 54 (1-2): 77-85. [details]
additional source Popov, S. V. (1977). The shell structure and systematics of the cardiids [Mikrostruktura rakoviny i sistematika kardiid]. <em>Transactions of the Paleontological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR.</em> 153: 1-124, pls 1-13 [in Russian].
page(s): 52 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 2, pl. 80 [details]
original description (of Cardium californianum Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 229, pl. 17 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Cardium nuttallii Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 229, pl. 17 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Clinocardium ovalis Barinov, 1992 †) Gladenkov, Y. B.; Barinov, K. B.; Basilian, A. E.; Bordunov, S. I.; Bratseva, G. M.; Zeryanov, Y. V.; Kuralenko, N. P.; Vitukhin, D. I.; Oreshkina, T. V.; Ganzei, S. S.; Kiyashko, S. I.; Trubikhin V. M. (1992). Detal'noye raschleneniye neogena Kamchatki [Detailed division of the Neogene of Kamchatka]. <em>Trudy Geologicheskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 478: 1-208. Moskva.
page(s): 124, pl. 3, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Kafanov, A.I. (1998b). Recent and fossil Clinocardiinae (Bivalvia, Cardiidae) of the world. II. Genus <i>Clinocardium</i> Keen, 1936 emend. Kafanov, 1974. <em>Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum.</em> 25: 29-45, pl. 1-4. [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 276 [details]
additional source Lutaenko, K.A. & Héros, V. (2011). Type material of bivalve mollusks collected during <i>Vénus</i> voyage (1836-1839) from Kamchatka, Russia, in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. <em>Malacologia.</em> 54 (1-2): 77-85. [details]
additional source Popov, S. V. (1977). The shell structure and systematics of the cardiids [Mikrostruktura rakoviny i sistematika kardiid]. <em>Transactions of the Paleontological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR.</em> 153: 1-124, pls 1-13 [in Russian].
page(s): 52 [details] Available for editors





From editor or global species database
Length L 70-120 mm [details]Type locality U.S.A., Oregon, Columbia River estuary [details]
Type material ANSP 54036, lectotype [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Cardium nuttallii. Conrad, 1837. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 229 - catalog no. 54036) (from synonym Cardium nuttallii Conrad, 1837)
To Conchology (Clinocardium nuttallii)
To Malacopics (Clinocardium nuttallii (Conrad, 1837) Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver, Washington Beach, sandy bottom , at 2-10 m depth, collected 1978, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Clinocardium nuttallii (Conrad, 1837) Japan, Hokkaidô, Hidaka, Mombetsu, by trawling, at 9-18 m depth, collected 1983, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To ITIS
To Conchology (Clinocardium nuttallii)
To Malacopics (Clinocardium nuttallii (Conrad, 1837) Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver, Washington Beach, sandy bottom , at 2-10 m depth, collected 1978, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Clinocardium nuttallii (Conrad, 1837) Japan, Hokkaidô, Hidaka, Mombetsu, by trawling, at 9-18 m depth, collected 1983, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To ITIS