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Cardinia elongata Dunker, 1844 †
1733768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1733768)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Dunker, W. (1844). Vorläufige Diagnosen mehrerer neuer Conchylien aus der norddeutschen Liasbildung, die nächstens ausführlicher beschrieben und abgebildet erscheinen werden. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 1(12): 186-188., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291574
page(s): 186 [details]
page(s): 186 [details]
Type locality contained in Germany
type locality contained in Germany [details]
Status According to Hodges (2017), the material figured by Dunker (1846, which is supposedly the material Dunker 1844 had at hand...
Status According to Hodges (2017), the material figured by Dunker (1846, which is supposedly the material Dunker 1844 had at hand for the short diagnosis) is synonym of two species, Cardinia nilssoni (Koch & Dunker, 1837) and Cardinia gigantea (Quenstedt, 1856). Note however that the latter species was published later. Nomenclatural revision required! [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardinia elongata Dunker, 1844 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1733768 on 2025-09-11
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Dunker, W. (1844). Vorläufige Diagnosen mehrerer neuer Conchylien aus der norddeutschen Liasbildung, die nächstens ausführlicher beschrieben und abgebildet erscheinen werden. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 1(12): 186-188., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291574
page(s): 186 [details]
status source Hodges, P. (2017). The Early Jurassic Bivalvia from the Hettangian and Lower Sinemurian of South-West Britain. Part 2. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 171(649): 65-111., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02693445.2017.11963960
page(s): 73, 79 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 186 [details]
status source Hodges, P. (2017). The Early Jurassic Bivalvia from the Hettangian and Lower Sinemurian of South-West Britain. Part 2. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 171(649): 65-111., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02693445.2017.11963960
page(s): 73, 79 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Status According to Hodges (2017), the material figured by Dunker (1846, which is supposedly the material Dunker 1844 had at hand for the short diagnosis) is synonym of two species, Cardinia nilssoni (Koch & Dunker, 1837) and Cardinia gigantea (Quenstedt, 1856). Note however that the latter species was published later. Nomenclatural revision required! [details]
