WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Cardiocardita ajar (Bruguière, 1792)

AphiaID

225631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225631)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cardiocardita Anton, 1838

Original name

Cardita ajar Bruguière, 1792

Synonymised names

Cardita ajar Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cardita ajar Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 406 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

, Note Type locality: Adanson (1757) stated about...

Type locality Type locality: Adanson (1757) stated about "l'Ajar" "On la trouve communément dans les sables de l'embouchure du Niger" (it is commonly found in the sands at the mouth of the Niger) but it is obvious from elsewhere (e.g. pp. 33-34) in his book that he meant the Sénégal river, repeatedly called "Niger" in his time. Therefore the type locality based on "l'Ajar" is St Louis, at the mouth of river Sénégal. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardiocardita ajar (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225631 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-22 07:58:54Z

created

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2010-09-23 11:55:17Z

checked

Huber, Markus

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cardita ajar Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 406 [details]

basis of record Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 338-339 [details]

Other

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]