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Acanthocardia spinosa (Lightfoot, 1786) 
AphiaID: 138994

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Cardiinae (Subfamily) > Acanthocardia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851
Synonymised
taxa		  Cardium erinaceum Lamarck, 1819 (junior synonym)
 Cardium erinaceum var. alba Monterosato, 1872
Sources  original description: 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.. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=1341 [details]

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: 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]

from synonym: Lamarck ([J.-B. M.] de) (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris [vol. 5: Paris, Deterville/Verdière] [vol. 6 published by the Author] : 7 vol. [I molluschi sono compresi nei vol. 5-7. Vol. 5 (Les Conchiferes): 612 pp. [25 luglio 1818]. Vol. 6 (1) (Suite): 343 pp. [1819]. Vol. 6 (2) (Suite): 232 pp. [1822]. Vol. 7: (Suite): 711 pp. [1822]], available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12712 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Modern Greek (1453-) Αχινομεθύστρα  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Note  Length: L 60-95 mm (adult) [details]
Image 
Acanthocardia spinosa
Acanthocardia spinosa
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138994
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2009-01-22 08:46:58Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2010-03-24 10:05:37Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2010-03-29 08:44:56Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2012-12-09 10:11:31Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
  
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  Citation: ter Poorten, J.; Gofas, S. (2013). Acanthocardia spinosa (Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138994 on 2013-05-24
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