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Bivalvia Veneroida Cardiidae 

Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguičre, 1789)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Acrosterigma elongatum auct.
   Vasticardium nebulosum auct.
   Cochlea nebulosa Martyn, 1786
   Cardium pulicarium Reeve, 1845
   Cardium (Trachycardium) serricostatum Melvill & Standen, 1899
   Trachycardium (Acrosterigma) okinawaense Kuroda, 1960

Included taxa

   Vasticardium elongatum elongatum (Brugučre, 1789)
   Vasticardium elongatum enode (Sowerby, 1841)
   Vasticardium elongatum wilsoni (Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1991)
   Vasticardium elongatum indioceanum (Vidal, 1993)
   Vasticardium elongatum coralense (Vidal, 1993)

Common Name

The Elongated Cockle pl. 9, figs 46, 47      Reeve, L.A. 1844.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesiaMoluccas
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New Guinea
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaMalaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificCaroline Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificFiji
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificMarshall Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificSolomon Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificTonga
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificVanuatu
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificWallis and Futuna
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Gulf of Carpentaria
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Northern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.308 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.62, fig. 186 [ illustration, description, habitat, distribution ]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. pl. 28, fig. 185 [ as A. wilsoni; illustration, description, habitat, distribution ]  General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. [ Synonymy; distribution; biology and ecology; remarks ]  General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 9, figs 46, 47 [ as C. elongatum; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Vidal, J. 1993. p.41, pls 1-3 [ synonymy, illustration, discussion, description, distribution ]  General reference
 Vidal, J. 1999. p.268 [ included recent species, synonymy, description ]  General reference
 Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.166, fig. 600 [ illustration, distribution ]  General reference
 Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. p.78, pl. 5, figs 1-4, text fig. 12 [ illustration, type data, description, distribution, W.A. records ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Cardioidea
                  Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809
                    Trachycardiinae Steward, 1930
                      Vasticardium Iredale, 1927
                        Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguičre, 1789)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16807) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-15.