MolluscaBase taxon details
Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854)
504940 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504940)
accepted
Species
Cardita difficilis Deshayes, 1854 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cardita purpurata Deshayes, 1854 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardita quoyi Deshayes, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior subjective synonym)
Cardita tridentata (Say, 1826) sensu Reeve, 1843 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Venericardia australis Lamarck, 1818 sensu Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 · unaccepted (misidentification; named Cardita...)
misidentification; named Cardita quoyi by Deshayes 1854
Venericardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Venericardia quoyi (Deshayes, 1854) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardita purpurata Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus <i>Cardita</i>, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1852) 20: 100-103, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680720
page(s): 100, pl. 17 figs 12-13 [details]
page(s): 100, pl. 17 figs 12-13 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504940 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Cardita difficilis Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus <i>Cardita</i>, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1852) 20: 100-103, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680720
page(s): 103, pl. 17 figs 16-17 [details]
original description (of Cardita purpurata Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus <i>Cardita</i>, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1852) 20: 100-103, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680720
page(s): 100, pl. 17 figs 12-13 [details]
original description (of Cardita quoyi Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus <i>Cardita</i>, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1852) 20: 100-103, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680720
page(s): 103 [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 Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 281 [details]
page(s): 103, pl. 17 figs 16-17 [details]
original description (of Cardita purpurata Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus <i>Cardita</i>, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1852) 20: 100-103, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680720
page(s): 100, pl. 17 figs 12-13 [details]
original description (of Cardita quoyi Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus <i>Cardita</i>, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1852) 20: 100-103, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680720
page(s): 103 [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 Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 281 [details]
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To Conchology (Purpurocardia purpurata)
To Conchology (Purpurocardia purpurata)
To Malacopics (Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854) New Zealand, Northland, Tokerau, in shallow water, by dredging, collected 2002-02-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Malacopics (Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854))
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