African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cardiomya alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1894)

AfReMaS taxon details

Cardiomya alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1894)

AphiaID

408175 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408175)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cardiomya A. Adams, 1864

Original name

Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) alcocki E. A. Smith, 1894

Synonymised names

Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) potti Sturany, 1899 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Smith, E. A. (1894). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer ´Investigator´, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N.-Series II, No. 10. Report upon some Mollusca dredged in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 6, 14: 157-174, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15625978
page(s): 170-171, pl. 5, fig. 8. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardiomya alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1894). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408175 on 2026-08-05

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Cardiomya alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1894). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408175 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-07-02 07:40:19Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2021-02-05 10:12:49Z

changed

Herbert, David

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original description (of Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) potti Sturany, 1899) Sturany, R. (1901). Expedition S.M. Schiff “Pola” in das Rothe Meer, nördliche und südliche Hälfte. 1895/96 – 1897/98. Zoologische Ergebnisse XIV. Lamellibranchiaten des Rothen Meeres. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. 69: 255–295, pl. 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27982689
page(s): 264-265, pl. 1 fig. 10-16; note: pre-prints were distributed in 1899 [details]

original description (of ) Smith, E. A. (1894). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer ´Investigator´, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N.-Series II, No. 10. Report upon some Mollusca dredged in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 6, 14: 157-174, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15625978
page(s): 170-171, pl. 5, fig. 8. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 107-187., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20190712235155/https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors