Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Bivalvia Veneroida Cardiidae

Vasticardium angulatum (Lamarck, 1819)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trachycardium alternatum auct.
   Cardium angulatum Lamarck, 1819
   Trachycardium angulatum (Lamarck, 1819)
   Cardium alternatum Sowerby, 1840

Common Name

The Angluated Cockle pl. 14, fig. 70 Reeve, L.A. 1845.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: intertidal
habitat: coral reef
substrate: sand [ ]

References

Hedley, C. 1899. p.403 [ as C. angulatum; description, habitat, locality ] General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.62, fig. 190 [ illustration, description, habitat, distribution ] General reference
Maes, V.O. 1967. p.160, pl. 24, fig. A [ as Trachycardium alternatum; illustration, description, locality, habitat ] General reference
Reeve, L.A. 1845. pl. 14, fig. 70 [ as C. angulatum; illustration, description ] General reference
Reeve, L.A. 1845. pl. 13, fig. 65 [ as C. alternatum; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Vidal, J. 1999. p.269 [ included recent species, synonymy, description ] General reference
Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.166, fig. 601 [ as A. alternatum; illustration, distribution ] General reference
Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. p.84, pl. 5, figs 10-13 [ as A. alternatum; 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 angulatum (Lamarck, 1819)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16817) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-15.