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Bivalvia Veneroida Cardiidae 

Cardium exasperatum Sowerby, 1840

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Frigidocardium exasperatum (Sowerby, 1840)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [illustration appears in f.37; according to belongs to genus Nemocardium , subgenus Microcardium] Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1838. p.106
BMNH 1971.32 lectotype Swan River, Western Australia

Keywords

Original Epithet:  exasperatum
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1838. p.123 
Original Text Name:  Cardium exasperatum
Original Genus:  Cardium

References

 Sowerby, G.B. 1841. p.106 [ description of species figured in 1838 ]  General reference
 Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. p.67, pl. 4, figs 14-17 [ lectotype ]  Subsequent type designation

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Cardioidea
                  Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809
                    Protocardiinae
                      Frigidocardium Habe, 1951
                        Frigidocardium exasperatum (Sowerby, 1840)
                          Cardium exasperatum Sowerby, 1840

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16920) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.