MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

NARMS taxon details

Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

Acanthocardia paucicostata (Sowerby G.B. II, 1841)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 23.12.2009), actual size 25.8 mm.

AphiaID

138993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138993)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851

Original name

Cardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834

Synonymised names

Cardium laticostatum Mayer-Eymar, 1898 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium laticostatum G. B....)

non Cardium laticostatum G. B. Sowerby I, 1833

Cardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cardium paucicostatum var. alba Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium paucicostatum var. impedita Milaschewitsch, 1909 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Cardium...)

junior homonym of Cardium impeditum Deshayes, 1858

Cardium paucicostatum var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium paucicostatum var. producta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium productum J. Sowerby...)

non Cardium productum J. Sowerby in Sedgwick & Murchison, 1835

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Cardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). Cardium. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): 49, fig. 20; catalogue p. 2 [probably issued 1841] [details]

Type data

Note Adriatic Sea, Malta

Type locality Adriatic Sea, Malta [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138993 on 2025-04-05

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138993 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-01-22 08:46:58Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-03-29 08:44:56Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2012-12-09 10:11:31Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2014-11-10 14:29:33Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Cardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). Cardium. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): 49, fig. 20; catalogue p. 2 [probably issued 1841] [details]

original description (of Cardium paucicostatum var. alba Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. P�l�cypodes. Paris, J.B. Bailli�re & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 270 [details]

original description (of Cardium paucicostatum var. impedita Milaschewitsch, 1909) Milaschewitsch K.O. (1909). Liste des mollusques, collectionn�s durant l'exp�dition zoologique de Mr S. A. Zernov dans la partie N.-W. de la mer Noire � bord du bateau �Acad�micien Baer�. Annuaire du Mus�e Zoologique de l'Acad�mie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-P�tersbourg. 14: 145-166., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9138760
page(s): 164 [details]

original description (of Cardium paucicostatum var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. P�l�cypodes. Paris, J.B. Bailli�re & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 270 [details]

original description (of Cardium paucicostatum var. producta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. P�l�cypodes. Paris, J.B. Bailli�re & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309 [details]

original description (of Cardium laticostatum Mayer-Eymar, 1898 †) Mayer-Eymar, K. (1898). Systematisches Verzeichniss der Fauna des unteren Saharianum (marines Quartaer) der Umgegend von Kairo, nebst Beschreibung der neuen Arten. Palaeontographica. 30(2): 61-90, pl. 12.
page(s): 77 [details]

taxonomy source La Perna, R.; D'Abramo, M. (2013). Systematics of the Acanthocardia paucicostata group in the Mediterranean Plio-Pleistocene, with description of a new species (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Journal of Conchology. 41(4): 481-492. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 168 [details]

additional source Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des c�tes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammb�. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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