MolluscaBase name details
Cardita elegantoides Ortmann, 1899 †
1601281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1601281)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Cardita elegantoides var. fueguina Steinmann & Wilckens, 1908 † accepted as Pleuromeris fueguina (Steinmann & Wilckens, 1908) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Ortmann, A. E. (1899). The fauna of the Magellanian beds of Punta Arenas, Chile. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> s4 8(48): 427-432., available online at https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s4-8.48.427
page(s): 428 [details]
page(s): 428 [details]
Holotype PRI PRI.66394, geounit Argentina
Holotype PRI PRI.66394, geounit Argentina [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardita elegantoides Ortmann, 1899 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1601281 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Ortmann, A. E. (1899). The fauna of the Magellanian beds of Punta Arenas, Chile. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> s4 8(48): 427-432., available online at https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s4-8.48.427
page(s): 428 [details]
additional source 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): 72, fig. 6.1-5 [details]
page(s): 428 [details]
additional source 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): 72, fig. 6.1-5 [details]
Holotype PRI PRI.66394, geounit Argentina [details]
