WoRMS taxon details
Strophocardia megastropha (J. E. Gray, 1825)
504943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504943)
accepted
Species
Cardita megastropha (J. E. Gray, 1825) · unaccepted
Cardita tumida Broderip, 1832 · unaccepted
Cardita varia Broderip, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venericardia flammea Michelin, 1831 · unaccepted
Venericardia megastropha J. E. Gray, 1825 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Venericardia megastropha J. E. Gray, 1825) Gray, J. E. (1825). A list and description of some species of shells not taken notice of by Lamarck. <em>Annals of Philosophy.</em> new ser., 9(2): 134-140; 9(6): 407-415., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15880862
page(s): 137-138 [details]
page(s): 137-138 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Strophocardia megastropha (J. E. Gray, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504943 on 2025-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardita tumida Broderip, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Cardita varia Broderip, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): p. 56. [details]
original description (of Venericardia flammea Michelin, 1831) Michelin, H. (1831). Venericarde. <i>Venericardia</i> Lamarck. V. flamboyante. <i>V. flammea</i>. Michelin. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 1: 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37088762 [details]
original description (of Venericardia megastropha J. E. Gray, 1825) Gray, J. E. (1825). A list and description of some species of shells not taken notice of by Lamarck. <em>Annals of Philosophy.</em> new ser., 9(2): 134-140; 9(6): 407-415., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15880862
page(s): 137-138 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Cardita varia Broderip, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): p. 56. [details]
original description (of Venericardia flammea Michelin, 1831) Michelin, H. (1831). Venericarde. <i>Venericardia</i> Lamarck. V. flamboyante. <i>V. flammea</i>. Michelin. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 1: 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37088762 [details]
original description (of Venericardia megastropha J. E. Gray, 1825) Gray, J. E. (1825). A list and description of some species of shells not taken notice of by Lamarck. <em>Annals of Philosophy.</em> new ser., 9(2): 134-140; 9(6): 407-415., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15880862
page(s): 137-138 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Strophocardia megastropha)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Venericardia megastropha J. E. Gray, 1825)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cardita megastropha (J. E. Gray, 1825))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Strophocardia megastropha (J. E. Gray, 1825) Panama, Chiriqui, Golfo de Chiriqui, Ca...
To Malacopics (Strophocardia megastropha (J. E. Gray, 1825) Panama, Veraguas, Isla Gobernadora, col...
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Venericardia megastropha J. E. Gray, 1825)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cardita megastropha (J. E. Gray, 1825))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Strophocardia megastropha (J. E. Gray, 1825) Panama, Chiriqui, Golfo de Chiriqui, Ca...
To Malacopics (Strophocardia megastropha (J. E. Gray, 1825) Panama, Veraguas, Isla Gobernadora, col...
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