WoRMS taxon details
Strophocardia Olsson, 1961
492194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492194)
accepted
Genus
Venericardia megastropha J. E. Gray, 1825 accepted as Strophocardia megastropha (J. E. Gray, 1825) (type by original designation)
Cardita (Strophocardia) Olsson, 1961 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Lunulicardita Popov, 1983 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Cardita (Strophocardia) Olsson, 1961 †) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 187 [details]
page(s): 187 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Strophocardia Olsson, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492194 on 2026-09-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardita (Strophocardia) Olsson, 1961 †) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 187 [details]
original description (of Lunulicardita Popov, 1983 †) Popov S.V. (1983). Late Cenozoic and Recent bivalve molluscs of the family Carditidae of the USSR [= Позднекайнозойские и современные двустворчатые моллюски семейства Carditidae СССР]. <em>Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta AN SSSR.</em> 203: 1-120 pp.
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page(s): 187 [details]
original description (of Lunulicardita Popov, 1983 †) Popov S.V. (1983). Late Cenozoic and Recent bivalve molluscs of the family Carditidae of the USSR [= Позднекайнозойские и современные двустворчатые моллюски семейства Carditidae СССР]. <em>Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta AN SSSR.</em> 203: 1-120 pp.
page(s): 64 [details] Available for editors
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redescription
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. [details]
