Marine Species Traits - Vasticardium coralense (J. Vidal, 1993)

WoRMS taxon details

Vasticardium coralense (J. Vidal, 1993)

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-3982)

AphiaID

1048884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1048884)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Vasticardium Iredale, 1927

Original name

Acrosterigma elongatum coralense J. Vidal, 1993

Synonymised names

Acrosterigma elongatum coralense J. Vidal, 1993 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Vasticardium elongatum coralense (J. Vidal, 1993) · unaccepted > superseded rank

Environment

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

Original description

(of Acrosterigma elongatum coralense J. Vidal, 1993) Vidal J. (1993) Variability of Acrosterigma elongatum, a polytypic species (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 14: 41-58. [30 October 1993]
page(s): 54, pl. 1 figs 5-6, pl. 3 fig. 3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vasticardium coralense (J. Vidal, 1993). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048884 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-12-14 07:45:02Z

created

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2022-10-16 23:56:37Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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

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Nomenclature

original description (of Acrosterigma elongatum coralense J. Vidal, 1993) Vidal J. (1993) Variability of Acrosterigma elongatum, a polytypic species (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 14: 41-58. [30 October 1993]
page(s): 54, pl. 1 figs 5-6, pl. 3 fig. 3 [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 432; note: holotype figured (pl. 179 figs 2A-B) [details]

Taxonomy

status source Poorten, J.J. ter, Kirkendale, L.A. & Poutiers, J.-M. (2017). The Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of tropical northern Australia: A synthesis of taxonomy, biodiversity and biogeography with the description of four new species. Records of the Western Australia Museum. 32 (2): 101-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(2).2017.101-190 [details]