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Laevicardium elatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) 
AphiaID: 381709

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Laevicardiinae (Subfamily) > Laevicardium (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Laevicardium Swainson, 1840
Synonymised
taxa		  Cardium elatum G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (original combination)
 Fulvia (Laevifulvia) ballieni Vidal, 1994 (synonym)
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]

Environment marine
Distribution California [details]
Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Note  Length: L 140-190 mm [details]
Image 
Laevicardium elatum
Laevicardium elatum
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381709
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-01-28 08:43:24Z  created  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2010-03-29 08:44:56Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2012-07-23 02:45:35Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; ter Poorten, J. (2013). Laevicardium elatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381709 on 2013-05-21
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