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Glossocardia agassizii (Dall, 1886)

420925  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420925)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Arcticoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Trapezidae (Family)
  12. Glossocardia (Genus)
  13. Glossocardia agassizii (Species)
accepted
Species
Meiocardia agassizii Dall, 1886 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Meiocardia agassizii Dall, 1886) Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 271 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Glossocardia agassizii (Dall, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420925 on 2026-03-23
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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Meiocardia agassizii Dall, 1886) Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 271 [details] 

basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

redescription Matsukuma, A. & Habe, T. (1995). Systematic revision of living species of <i>Meiocardia</i>, Glossidae and <i>Glossocardia</i>, Trapezidae (Bivalvia). in: Bouchet, P. (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> ser. A, Zoologie, 167: 75-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58833165 [details] 

Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Meiocardia agassizii Dall, 1886)
To Malacopics (Glossocardia agassizii (Dall, 1886) Barbados, Saint James, off Holetown area, silty... 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Meiocardia agassizii Dall, 1886)
To ITIS
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