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Darwinicardia patagonica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †
1601272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1601272)
accepted
Species
Cardita inaequalis R. A. Philippi, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardita patagonica G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 † · unaccepted (original combination)
Cardita pseudopatagonica Ihering, 1899 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fasciculicardia patagonica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Cardita patagonica G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 251, pl. 2, fig. 17 [details]
page(s): 251, pl. 2, fig. 17 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Darwinicardia patagonica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1601272 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cardita patagonica G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 251, pl. 2, fig. 17 [details]
original description (of Cardita inaequalis R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 173/167, pl. 37, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Cardita pseudopatagonica Ihering, 1899 †) Ihering, H. von. (1899). Die Conchylien der patagonischen Formation. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geoologie und Palaeontologie.</em> Volume 2, pp. 1-54, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44186012
page(s): 16 [details]
new combination reference Pérez, D. E.; Río, C. J. D. (2017). Systematics of the family Carditidae (Bivalvia: Archiheterodonta) in the Cenozoic of Argentina. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4338(1): 51., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.3
page(s): 64, fig. 4.1-10 [details]
page(s): 251, pl. 2, fig. 17 [details]
original description (of Cardita inaequalis R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 173/167, pl. 37, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Cardita pseudopatagonica Ihering, 1899 †) Ihering, H. von. (1899). Die Conchylien der patagonischen Formation. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geoologie und Palaeontologie.</em> Volume 2, pp. 1-54, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44186012
page(s): 16 [details]
new combination reference Pérez, D. E.; Río, C. J. D. (2017). Systematics of the family Carditidae (Bivalvia: Archiheterodonta) in the Cenozoic of Argentina. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4338(1): 51., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.3
page(s): 64, fig. 4.1-10 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Cardita patagonica G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHM-L27955-6 [details]
