Type locality ‘Mediterranean’ (Lightfoot, 1786: 105) [details]Type material Unknown, Lightfoot (1786) refers to Favanne (1780: pl. 52 fig. A 2) [details]
original description(ofCardium spinosum [Lightfoot], 1786)Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 page(s): 105 [details]
original description(ofCardium echinatum Bruguière, 1789)Bruguière J.G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207]. , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 page(s): 217-218 [details]
context source (MSBIAS)MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0.[details]
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]
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Length L 60-95 mm (adult) [details] Type locality ‘Mediterranean’ (Lightfoot, 1786: 105) [details] Type material Unknown, Lightfoot (1786) refers to Favanne (1780: pl. 52 fig. A 2) [details]