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 attenuatum (Sowerby, 1841)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Laevicardium attenuatum auct.
   Cardium attenuatum Sowerby, 1841
   Acrosterigma attenuatum (Sowerby, 1841)

Common Name

The Attenuated Cockle pl. 15, fig. 72 Reeve, L.A. 1845.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ offshore; 40m (Phuket, Thailand) ]
habitat: coral reef
habitat: mud bottom [ dredged from mud bottom (Phuket, Thailand) ]
substrate: sand [ ]

References

Habe, T. 1964. p.187, pl. 57, fig. 24 [ as Laevicardium attenuatum; illustration, description, distribution ] General reference
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.70, fig. 221 [ as Laevicardium attenuatum; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ] General reference
Reeve, L.A. 1845. pl. 15, fig. 72 [ as Cardium attenuatum; illustration, description, distribution ] General reference
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. p.9 [ ecology; distribution ] Secondary source
Vidal, J. 1999. p.327, fig. 19g-i, table 35 [ synonymy, illustration, type data, description, distribution ] General reference
Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. p.57, pl. 3, figs 8-12, text fig. 6 [ as Laevicardium attenuatum; synonymy, 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 attenuatum (Sowerby, 1841)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45185) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-04-30. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-15.