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Americardia planicostata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) 
AphiaID: 597308

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Fraginae (Subfamily) > Americardia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Americardia Stewart, 1930
Synonymised
taxa		  Cardium guanacastense Hertlein & Strong, 1947 (synonym)
 Cardium planicostatum Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (original combination)
 Ctenocardia planicostata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Sources  basis of record: Lee H.G. & Huber M. (2012) Americardia lightbourni new species and A. columbella new species compared to A. media (Linnaeus, 1758), A. speciosa (A. Adams and Reeve, 1850), and the extinct A. columba. The Nautilus 126(1): 15–24. (Heilprin, 1886) (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

Distribution California (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
Image 
Americardia planicostata
Americardia planicostata
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597308
Taxonomic
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2012-04-20 10:34:10Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Americardia planicostata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597308 on 2013-05-25
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