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Cardium maxicostatum Ter Poorten, 2007 
AphiaID: 381067

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Cardiinae (Subfamily) > Cardium (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cardium Linnaeus, 1758
Source  original description: Poorten, J.J. ter, 2007 [November 3]. Notes on the identity of Cardium costatum Linnaeus, 1758, with the description of Cardium maxicostatum spec. nov. from tropical West Africa (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Basteria 71 (1-3): 57-70. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution West Africa [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Length: L 100-135 mm (adult) [details]
Image 
Cardium maxicostatum
Cardium maxicostatum
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381067
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-01-22 12:43:25Z  created  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2012-12-09 10:11:31Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
  
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  Citation: ter Poorten, J. (2013). Cardium maxicostatum Ter Poorten, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381067 on 2013-06-19
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