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Afrocardium Tomlin, 1931 
AphiaID: 137733

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Orthocardiinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Afrocardium shepstonense (Tomlin, 1931)
Parent Orthocardiinae Schneider, 2002
Synonymised
taxa		  Fragum (Afrocardium) Tomlin, 1931
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at http://www.conchology.be/en/shelltopics/visaya-net/date.php?year=2005 [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Afrocardium exochum (Melvill in Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Afrocardium richardi (Audouin, 1826)
Species Afrocardium shepstonense (Tomlin, 1931)

Species Afrocardium crenelloides (Melvill, 1909) accepted as Afrocardium richardi (Audouin, 1826)
Species Afrocardium infantile (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934) accepted as Afrocardium exochum (Melvill in Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Environment marine
Distribution Indo-West Pacific [details]
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137733
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-09-04 10:51:58Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2009-01-26 09:04:42Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2009-01-30 12:26:24Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2009-02-01 10:41:42Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2010-09-16 02:51:15Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; ter Poorten, J.; Gofas, S. (2013). Afrocardium Tomlin, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137733 on 2013-05-24
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