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Bucardium ringens (Bruguière, 1789) 
AphiaID: 225595

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Cardiinae (Subfamily) > Bucardium (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Bucardium J. E. Gray, 1853
Parent Bucardium J. E. Gray, 1853
Synonymised
taxa		  Cardium ringens Gmelin, 1791
Sources  original description: Bruguière, 1789. Histoire naturelle des Vers. Tome I. In: Encyclopédie methodique. [details]

basis of record: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

status 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]

basis of record (from synonym): Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Angola (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Equatorial zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Senegal [details]
West Africa [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Length: L 40-65 mm (adult) [details]
Image 
Bucardium ringens
Bucardium ringens
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225595
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-03-22 07:58:54Z  created  Mint Jiddou, Azza
2009-01-22 08:46:58Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
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. (2013). Bucardium ringens (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225595 on 2013-06-20
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