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Cardites Link, 1807

Cardites antiquatus
Cardites antiquatus

225639  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225639)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Archiheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Carditida (Order)
  9. Carditoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Carditidae (Family)
  11. Venericardiinae (Subfamily)
  12. Cardites (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Actinobolus Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Actinobolus Westwood, 1842 [Coleoptera]
Cardita (Actinobolus) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Species Cardites antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Species Cardites bicolor (Lamarck, 1819)
  3. Species Cardites canaliculatus (Reeve, 1843)
  4. Species Cardites cooperi (Melvill, 1909)
  5. Species Cardites crassicostatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  6. Species Cardites cumingii (Deshayes, 1854)
  7. Species Cardites duboisi (Deshayes, 1857) †
  8. Species Cardites grayi (Dall, 1903)
  9. Species Cardites laurae (Brongniart, 1823) †
  10. Species Cardites micella (Penna-Neme, 1971)
  11. Species Cardites nitidus (Reeve, 1843)
  12. Species Cardites ovalis (Reeve, 1843)
  13. Species Cardites partschi (Münster, 1837) †
  14. Species Cardites rufus (Deshayes, 1833)
  15. Species Cardites squamulosa (Nyst, 1843) †
  16. Species Cardites umbonatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
  17. Species Cardites akabana (Sturany, 1899) accepted as Centrocardita akabana (Sturany, 1899)
  18. Species Cardites beebei (Hertlein, 1958) accepted as Cyclocardia beebei (Hertlein, 1958)
  19. Species Cardites cardioides (Reeve, 1843) accepted as Cardites canaliculatus (Reeve, 1843)
  20. Species Cardites floridanus (Conrad, 1838) accepted as Carditamera floridana Conrad, 1838 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Cardites laticostatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) accepted as Cardites tricolor (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) (the name Cardita tricolor given precedence by Lamy (1922) acting as first reviser)
  22. Species Cardites micellus (Penna-Neme, 1971) accepted as Cardites micella (Penna-Neme, 1971) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, micella is a feminine noun, invariable)
  23. Species Cardites tankervillei [sic] accepted as Cardiocardita tankervillii (W. Wood, 1828) (misspelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 153 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardites Link, 1807. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225639 on 2026-01-19
Date
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2006-03-22 07:58:54Z
created
Mint Jiddou, Azza
2010-11-17 14:44:30Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2012-07-21 10:17:43Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2020-01-05 20:19:00Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2020-01-09 08:10:12Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2023-11-17 16:17:52Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 153 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Actinobolus Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): vol. 2 p. 37 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

basis of record Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source 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] 
 
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Grammatical gender mascuine, reated as such in the original description. Species epithets are commonly wrongly written in feminine, possibly influenced by the correct agreement under Cardita [details]
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