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Cardium maxicostatum ter Poorten, 2007

381067  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381067)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cardiida (Order)
  10. Cardioidea (Superfamily)
  11. Cardiidae (Family)
  12. Cardiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Cardium (Genus)
  14. Cardium maxicostatum (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Poorten, J.J. ter, 2007 [November 3]. Notes on the identity of <i>Cardium costatum</i> Linnaeus, 1758, with the description of <i>Cardium maxicostatum</i> spec. nov. from tropical West Africa (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <i>Basteria</i> 71 (1-3): 57-70.
page(s): 65-67, figs 7-8, 10-13, 17-18, 21 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Note Congo Brazzavile, Pointe Indienne, from...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Congo Brazzavile, Pointe Indienne, from fisherman, 07.11.1972. Coll. Bergmans [details]
Type material ZMA.MOLL.174259, holotype [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardium maxicostatum ter Poorten, 2007. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381067 on 2025-09-11
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2009-01-22 12:43:25Z
created
ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2012-12-09 10:11:31Z
changed
ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2017-12-30 16:08:58Z
changed
ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description Poorten, J.J. ter, 2007 [November 3]. Notes on the identity of <i>Cardium costatum</i> Linnaeus, 1758, with the description of <i>Cardium maxicostatum</i> spec. nov. from tropical West Africa (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <i>Basteria</i> 71 (1-3): 57-70.
page(s): 65-67, figs 7-8, 10-13, 17-18, 21 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 332; note: holotype figured (pl. 134 figs 3A-D) [details] 

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 514-515 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Length L 100-135 mm (adult) [details]

Type locality Congo Brazzavile, Pointe Indienne, from fisherman, 07.11.1972. Coll. Bergmans [details]

Type material ZMA.MOLL.174259, holotype [details]
To Conchology (Cardium maxicostatum) 
To Conchology (Cardium maxicostatum) 
To Conchology (Cardium maxicostatum) 
To Malacopics (Cardium maxicostatum ter Poorten, 2007 Senegal, Dakar, Baie de Gorée, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Cardium maxicostatum ter Poorten,2007 PARATYPE Mauritania, off Banc d'Arguin, 20°00'N 17°10'W, at 24 m depth) 
Unreviewed
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