WoRMS taxon details
Vasticardium mendanaense (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
466606 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:466606)
accepted
Species
Acrosterigma mendanaense (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium mendanaense G. B. Sowerby III, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vasticardium orbita mendanaense (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium mendanaense G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). On three new shells from the collection of Mr. B.C. Thomas, of Brest. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2(4): 137-138, pl. 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036598
page(s): 138, pl. 11, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 138, pl. 11, fig. 3 [details]
Note French Polynesia, Marquesas Isls., leg....
Distribution Endemic species (Marquesas Isls.)
Distribution Endemic species (Marquesas Isls.) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vasticardium mendanaense (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=466606 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardium mendanaense G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). On three new shells from the collection of Mr. B.C. Thomas, of Brest. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2(4): 137-138, pl. 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036598
page(s): 138, pl. 11, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 406; note: holotype figured (pl. 166 figs 5A-E) [details]
page(s): 138, pl. 11, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 406; note: holotype figured (pl. 166 figs 5A-E) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Vidal, J. (1997). Large Trachycardiinae from the Indo-West Pacific: The group of <i>Vasticardium orbita</i> (Broderip & Sowerby, 1833) (Mollusca, Cardiidae). <em>Molluscan Research 18 (1): 11-32.</em> [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
