Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Cardioidea > Family Cardiidae > Subfamily Cardiinae > Genus Acanthocardia

Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acanthocardia*	J.E. Gray, 1851	accepted genus name
*Acanthocardia (Rudicardium)*	Coen, 1915	synonym

Species group names

*Cardium paucicostatum*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1834	basionym
*Cardium paucicostatum var. impedita*	Milaschewitsch, 1909	later homonym
*Cardium laticostatum*	Mayer-Eymar, 1898	synonym
*Cardium paucicostatum*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1834	synonym
*Cardium paucicostatum var. alba*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium paucicostatum var. impedita*	Milaschewitsch, 1909	synonym
*Cardium paucicostatum var. pallida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium paucicostatum var. producta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: tere hartschelp sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

Greek: Ραβδωτή μεθύστρα

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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.
taxonomy source	La Perna R. & D'Abramo M. (2013) Systematics of the Acanthocardia paucicostata group in the Mediterranean Plio-Pleistocene, with description of a new species (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Journal of Conchology 41(4): 481-492.

Taxon found in 11 publications.

3 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

ter Poorten, J.; Gofas, S. (2014). Acanthocardia paucicostata. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138993