WoRMS taxon details
Pliocardia indica (E. A. Smith, 1904)
464357 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464357)
accepted
Species
Vesicomya brevis E. A. Smith, 1906 · unaccepted
Vesicomya indica E. A. Smith, 1904 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Vesicomya indica E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer "Investigator", Commander T.H. Heming, R.N., ser. 3 (1). On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 14: 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733743
page(s): 9. [details]
page(s): 9. [details]
Type locality contained in Bay of Bengal
type locality contained in Bay of Bengal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia indica (E. A. Smith, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464357 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Vesicomya indica E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer "Investigator", Commander T.H. Heming, R.N., ser. 3 (1). On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 14: 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733743
page(s): 9. [details]
original description (of Vesicomya brevis E. A. Smith, 1906) Smith, E.A., 1906. - Natural history notes from R.I.M.S. "Investigator", ser. 3 (10). On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7. ser.), 18: 245-264.
page(s): 261-262. [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 9. [details]
original description (of Vesicomya brevis E. A. Smith, 1906) Smith, E.A., 1906. - Natural history notes from R.I.M.S. "Investigator", ser. 3 (10). On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7. ser.), 18: 245-264.
page(s): 261-262. [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
Kiel S., Aguilar Y.M. & Kase T. (2020). Mollusks from Pliocene and Pleistocene seep deposits in Leyte, Philippines. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 65(3): 589–627., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00756.2020
page(s): 612, fig. 24 [details]
page(s): 612, fig. 24 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vesicomya brevis E. A. Smith, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Vesicomya indica E. A. Smith, 1904)
To Malacopics (Pliocardia indica (E.A.Smith,1904) Madagascar, Toliara, off Tuléar, at 650-850 m de...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Vesicomya indica E. A. Smith, 1904)
To Malacopics (Pliocardia indica (E.A.Smith,1904) Madagascar, Toliara, off Tuléar, at 650-850 m de...
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