WoRMS taxon details
Pleuromeris pygmaea (Kuroda & Habe, 1951)
504928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504928)
accepted
Species
Cardita abbreviata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Cardita abbreviata Conrad, 1841
Venericardia pygmaea Kuroda & Habe, 1951 · unaccepted
marine
(of Venericardia pygmaea Kuroda & Habe, 1951) Kuroda, T. & Habe, T. (1951). Nomenclatorial notes. In: T. Kuroda (ed.). Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells 13: 86. [15 June].
note: replacement name for Cardita abbreviata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903, non Conrad, 1841 [details]
note: replacement name for Cardita abbreviata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903, non Conrad, 1841 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pleuromeris pygmaea (Kuroda & Habe, 1951). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504928 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardita abbreviata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1903). Descriptions of fourteen new species of marine molluscs from Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 7, 12: 496-501., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993262
page(s): 500-501 [details]
original description (of Venericardia pygmaea Kuroda & Habe, 1951) Kuroda, T. & Habe, T. (1951). Nomenclatorial notes. In: T. Kuroda (ed.). Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells 13: 86. [15 June].
note: replacement name for Cardita abbreviata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903, non Conrad, 1841 [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): 500-501 [details]
original description (of Venericardia pygmaea Kuroda & Habe, 1951) Kuroda, T. & Habe, T. (1951). Nomenclatorial notes. In: T. Kuroda (ed.). Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells 13: 86. [15 June].
note: replacement name for Cardita abbreviata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903, non Conrad, 1841 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
