MolluscaBase - Cardiomya didyma (Hinds, 1843)

WoRMS taxon details

Cardiomya didyma (Hinds, 1843)

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Cuspidaria ecuadoriana. Olsson, 1961. Mollusks of the Tropical Eastern Pacific : 460, pl. 83, fig. 3 - catalog no. 218954)

AphiaID

408458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408458)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cardiomya A. Adams, 1864

Original name

Neaera didyma Hinds, 1843

Synonymised names

Cardiomya ecuadoriana (Olsson, 1961) · unaccepted

Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) ecuadoriana Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cuspidaria ecuadoriana Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Neaera didyma Hinds, 1843 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Neaera didyma Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new species of Neaera, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., made during a voyage round the world, and from that of Hugh Cuming, Esq., obtained during his visit to the Philippines; with notices of the synonymy. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1843) 11: 75-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680053
page(s): 78 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean

type locality contained in Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardiomya didyma (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408458 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-07-06 09:46:06Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Neaera didyma Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new species of Neaera, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., made during a voyage round the world, and from that of Hugh Cuming, Esq., obtained during his visit to the Philippines; with notices of the synonymy. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1843) 11: 75-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680053
page(s): 78 [details]

original description (of Cardiomya ecuadoriana (Olsson, 1961)) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 465 [details]

original description (of Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) ecuadoriana Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 465 [details]

basis of record Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 107-187., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]