MolluscaBase name details
Cyclocardia ventricosa (A. Gould, 1850)
254462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254462)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
Cardita hilli Willett, 1944 · unaccepted
Venericardia stearnsii Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardita ventricosa A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 276 [details]
page(s): 276 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyclocardia ventricosa (A. Gould, 1850). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254462 on 2025-09-11
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(of Cardita ventricosa A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 276 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Jones, G. F.; Thompson, B. E. (1987). The ecology of <i>Cyclocardia ventricosa</i> (Gould, 1 850) (Bivalvia: Carditidae) on the Southern California borderland. <em>The Veliger.</em> 29(4): 374-383., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43061620 [details]
additional source Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
additional source Jones G.F. (1963). Brood Protection in Three Southern California Species of the Pelecypod <i>Cardita</i>. <em>The Wasmann Journal of Biology.</em> 21: 141-148., available online at http://digitalcollections.usfca.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15129coll11/id/436/rec/39 [details]
redescription 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]
page(s): 276 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Jones, G. F.; Thompson, B. E. (1987). The ecology of <i>Cyclocardia ventricosa</i> (Gould, 1 850) (Bivalvia: Carditidae) on the Southern California borderland. <em>The Veliger.</em> 29(4): 374-383., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43061620 [details]
additional source Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
additional source Jones G.F. (1963). Brood Protection in Three Southern California Species of the Pelecypod <i>Cardita</i>. <em>The Wasmann Journal of Biology.</em> 21: 141-148., available online at http://digitalcollections.usfca.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15129coll11/id/436/rec/39 [details]
redescription 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NMNH Extant Collection (Venericardia Cyclocardia stearnsii Holotype USNM 3373A) (from synonym Venericardia stearnsii Dall, 1903)
To ITIS
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
