OCEAN-UKRAINE - Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

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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

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) 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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2021) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: http://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138993 on 2026-08-03

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138993 on 2026-08-03

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

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original description (of ) 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]

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 côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]