Type locality Adriatic Sea, Malta [details]Type material Not located [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138993 on 2024-03-29
original description(ofCardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. , available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109863 page(s): 49th part, fig. 20; catalogue p. 2 [probably issued 1841] [details]
original description(ofCardium paucicostatum var. alba Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309[details]
original description(ofCardium paucicostatum var. impedita Milaschewitsch, 1909)Milaschewitsch K.O. (1909). Liste des mollusques, collectionnés durant l'expédition zoologique de Mr S. A. Zernov dans la partie N.-W. de la mer Noire à bord du bateau “Académicien Baer”. <em>Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> 14: 145-166., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9138760 page(s): 164 [details]
original description(ofCardium paucicostatum var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309[details]
original description(ofCardium paucicostatum var. producta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309[details]
original description(ofCardium laticostatum Mayer-Eymar, 1898 †)Mayer-Eymar, K. (1898). Systematisches Verzeichniss der Fauna des unteren Saharianum (marines Quartaer) der Umgegend von Kairo, nebst Beschreibung der neuen Arten. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 30(2): 61-90, pl. 12. page(s): 77 [details]
taxonomy sourceLa Perna, R.; D'Abramo, M. (2013). Systematics of the <i>Acanthocardia paucicostata</i> group in the Mediterranean Plio-Pleistocene, with description of a new species (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 41(4): 481-492.[details] Available for editors [request]
basis of recordGofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online athttp://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf[details]
additional sourceZamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Length L 30-50 mm (adult) [details] Type locality Adriatic Sea, Malta [details] Type material Not located [details]