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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.
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.

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

accepted
Species
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 superseded combination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. impedita Milaschewitsch, 1909 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Cardium...)  
junior homonym of Cardium impeditum Deshayes, 1858
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
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). <i>Cardium</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. 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] 
Note Adriatic Sea, Malta  
Type locality Adriatic Sea, Malta [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138993 on 2026-08-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). 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 2026-08-06
Date
action
by
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

original description (of Cardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). <i>Cardium</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. 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. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & 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, collectionnés durant l'expédition zoologique de Mr S. A. Zernov dans la partie N.-W. de la mer Noire à bord du bateau “Académicien Baer”. <em>Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> 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. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & 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. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & 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. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 30(2): 61-90, pl. 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35397596
page(s): 77 [details] 

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

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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 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] 
 
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Type locality Adriatic Sea, Malta [details]
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To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Cardium laticostatum Mayer-Eymar, 1898 †)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications) (from synonym Cardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
To Conchology (Acanthocardia paucicostata) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia paucicostata) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia paucicostata) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthocardia paucicostata) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Lefkada, G... 
To Malacopics (Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Lesvos, ... 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Cardium laticostatum Mayer-Eymar, 1898 †)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium paucicostatum var. alba Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium paucicostatum var. impedita Milaschewitsch, 1909)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium paucicostatum var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium paucicostatum var. producta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
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