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Trachycardium consors (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
519470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:519470)
accepted
Species
Cardium (Trachycardium) consors G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Cardium (Trachycardium) consors var. laxum Dall, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium consors G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cardium consors var. laxum Dall, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium laxum Dall, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachycardium (Trachycardium) consors (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium consors G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B., I. (1833). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection made by mr. Cuming on the western Coast of South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1: 82–85 [8 September 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859522
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
Note ‘ad Sanctam Elenam et ad Guacamayo’ [Santa...
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trachycardium consors (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=519470 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Cardium consors G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B., I. (1833). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection made by mr. Cuming on the western Coast of South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1: 82–85 [8 September 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859522
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Cardium (Trachycardium) consors var. laxum Dall, 1901) Dall, W. H. (1901). Synopsis of the family Cardiidae and of the North American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23 (1214): 381-392.
page(s): 389 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 522; note: syntypes figured (pl. 224 figs 1-2) [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Cardium (Trachycardium) consors var. laxum Dall, 1901) Dall, W. H. (1901). Synopsis of the family Cardiidae and of the North American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23 (1214): 381-392.
page(s): 389 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 522; note: syntypes figured (pl. 224 figs 1-2) [details]




From editor or global species database
Type locality ‘ad Sanctam Elenam et ad Guacamayo’ [Santa Elena, Equador and Guatemala], in sandy mud, 6-11 fms [11-20 m]. Coll. Cuming. First locality designated as type locality by Hertlein & Strong (1947: 147) [details]Type material NHMUK 1989119, syntypes [details]