WoRMS taxon details
Purpurocardia amabilis (Deshayes, 1854)
504938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504938)
accepted
Species
Cardita amabilis Deshayes, 1854 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardita beddomei E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted
Cardita gemmulifera Tate, 1892 · unaccepted
Venericardia amabilis (Deshayes, 1854) · unaccepted
Venericardia delicata Verco, 1908 · unaccepted
Venericardia delicatum Verco, 1908 · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
marine
(of Cardita amabilis 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): 102, pl. 17 figs 8-9 [details]
page(s): 102, pl. 17 figs 8-9 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpurocardia amabilis (Deshayes, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504938 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardita amabilis 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): 102, pl. 17 figs 8-9 [details]
original description (of Cardita beddomei E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 14, 211, pl. 15, figs5, 5a. [details]
original description (of Cardita gemmulifera Tate, 1892) Tate, R. (1892). Descriptions of some new species of marine Mollusca from Australia. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 15(2): 125-132., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16142929 [details]
original description (of Venericardia delicata Verco, 1908) Verco, J. C. (1908). Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IX. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 32: 338-361 [Date published December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61239931
page(s): 351, pl. 16, fig. 18-9 [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]
page(s): 102, pl. 17 figs 8-9 [details]
original description (of Cardita beddomei E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 14, 211, pl. 15, figs5, 5a. [details]
original description (of Cardita gemmulifera Tate, 1892) Tate, R. (1892). Descriptions of some new species of marine Mollusca from Australia. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 15(2): 125-132., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16142929 [details]
original description (of Venericardia delicata Verco, 1908) Verco, J. C. (1908). Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IX. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 32: 338-361 [Date published December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61239931
page(s): 351, pl. 16, fig. 18-9 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
