WoRMS taxon details
Acrosterigma pristipleura (Dall, 1901)
381249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381249)
accepted
Species
Cardium (Trachycardium) hornelli Tomlin, 1928 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name for...)
unnecessary replacement name for C. maculatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1840
Cardium (Trachycardium) pristipleura Dall, 1901 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium maculatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1840 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium maculatum Gmelin, 1791;...)
non Cardium maculatum Gmelin, 1791; C. pristipleura and C. hornelli are both replacement names
Cardium maculosum G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium maculosum W. Wood, 1815;...)
non Cardium maculosum W. Wood, 1815; C. maculatum is a replacement name
Trachycardium pristipleura (Dall, 1901) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium (Trachycardium) pristipleura Dall, 1901) Dall, W. H. (1901). Synopsis of the family Cardiidae and of the North American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23 (1214): 381-392.
page(s): 389 [details]
page(s): 389 [details]
Note Mexico, Gulf of California, Tres Marias...
Taxonomic remark Replacement name for for Cardium maculosum G.B. Sowerby I, 1833 and Cardium maculatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1840
Taxonomic remark Replacement name for for Cardium maculosum G.B. Sowerby I, 1833 and Cardium maculatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1840 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acrosterigma pristipleura (Dall, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381249 on 2025-07-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardium (Trachycardium) hornelli Tomlin, 1928) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1928). The Mollusca of the 'St. George' Expedition. I. The Pacific coast of S. America. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 18 (7): 187-198.
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Cardium maculosum G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B., I. (1833). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection made by mr. Cuming on the western Coast of South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1: 82–85 [8 September 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859522
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Cardium (Trachycardium) pristipleura Dall, 1901) Dall, W. H. (1901). Synopsis of the family Cardiidae and of the North American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23 (1214): 381-392.
page(s): 389 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 518 [details]
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Cardium maculosum G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B., I. (1833). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection made by mr. Cuming on the western Coast of South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1: 82–85 [8 September 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859522
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Cardium (Trachycardium) pristipleura Dall, 1901) Dall, W. H. (1901). Synopsis of the family Cardiidae and of the North American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23 (1214): 381-392.
page(s): 389 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 518 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Length 50-70 mm [details]Taxonomic remark Replacement name for for Cardium maculosum G.B. Sowerby I, 1833 and Cardium maculatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1840 [details]
Type locality Mexico, Gulf of California, Tres Marias Islands, found on the sands. Coll. Cuming [details]
Type material NHMUK 1991043, lectotype (of Cardium maculosum G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) [details]
