WoRMS taxon details
Laevicardium elenense (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
381712 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381712)
accepted
Species
Cardium apicinum (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium elenense G. B. Sowerby II, 1840 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Laevicardium apicinum P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Levicardium apicinum P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium elenense G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). <i>Cardium</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): 181, fig. 58 [details]
page(s): 181, fig. 58 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laevicardium elenense (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381712 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardium elenense G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). <i>Cardium</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): 181, fig. 58 [details]
original description (of Levicardium apicinum P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Diagnoses of new forms of Mollusca collected at Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, by Mr. Xantus. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 3, 13: 311-315; 474-479., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22217573
page(s): 313. [details]
page(s): 181, fig. 58 [details]
original description (of Levicardium apicinum P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Diagnoses of new forms of Mollusca collected at Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, by Mr. Xantus. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 3, 13: 311-315; 474-479., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22217573
page(s): 313. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 384; note: syntypes figured (pl. 158 figs 7-9) [details]
page(s): 384; note: syntypes figured (pl. 158 figs 7-9) [details]





From editor or global species database
Length L 15-25 mm [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laevicardium elenense)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Laevicardium apicinum P.P.Carpenter,1864 SYNTYPE Mexico, Baja California, Cape St. L...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cardium apicinum (P. P. Carpenter, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Laevicardium apicinum P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laevicardium elenense)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Laevicardium apicinum P.P.Carpenter,1864 SYNTYPE Mexico, Baja California, Cape St. L...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cardium apicinum (P. P. Carpenter, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Laevicardium apicinum P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection