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Ctenocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 
AphiaID: 204210

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Fraginae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Cardium hystrix Reeve, 1844 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Fraginae Stewart, 1930
Synonymised
taxa		  Cardium (Ctenocardia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
Sources  basis of record: 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]

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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Ctenocardia fijianum Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
Species Ctenocardia fornicata (Sowerby II, 1840)
Species Ctenocardia guppyi (Thiele, 1910)
Species Ctenocardia gustavi Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
Species Ctenocardia robillardi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
Species Ctenocardia translata (Prashad, 1932)
Species Ctenocardia virgo (Reeve, 1845)

Subgenus Ctenocardia (Microfragum) Habe, 1951 accepted as Microfragum Habe, 1951
  » Species Ctenocardia (Microfragum) subfestivum Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007 accepted as Microfragum subfestivum (Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007)
Species Ctenocardia biangulata (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829) accepted as Americardia biangulata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Species Ctenocardia kinai Habe & Murakami, 1970 accepted as Freneixicardia victor (Angas, 1872)
Species Ctenocardia media (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Americardia media (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ctenocardia planicostata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) accepted as Americardia planicostata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Species Ctenocardia shepstonense [sic] accepted as Afrocardium shepstonense (Tomlin, 1931)
Species Ctenocardia speciosa (Adams & Reeve, 1850) accepted as Americardia speciosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Ctenocardia victor (Angas, 1872) accepted as Freneixicardia victor (Angas, 1872)
Distribution World Oceans [details]
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204210
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z  changed  Camba Reu, Cibran
2009-01-26 20:13:19Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2009-02-01 10:41:42Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2010-03-29 08:44:56Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2010-09-19 06:57:35Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-07-23 02:45:35Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; ter Poorten, J. (2013). Ctenocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204210 on 2013-05-22
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