WoRMS taxon details
Vasticardium fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1916)
466602 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:466602)
accepted
Species
Acrosterigma sowerbyorum Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1993 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (replacement name for Cardium...)
replacement name for Cardium ornatum G.B. Sowerby III, 1877, non A. d'Orbigny, 1850
Cardium fultoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium ornatum G. B. Sowerby III, 1877 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium ornatum Eichwald, 1855;...)
non Cardium ornatum Eichwald, 1855; Acrosterigma sowerbyorum is a replacement name
Vasticardium ornatum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1877) · unaccepted (Preoccupied name (non Cardium...)
Preoccupied name (non Cardium ornatum Eichwald, 1855)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium fultoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1916) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1916). Descriptions of seven new species of Mollusca belonging to the genera <i>Drillia, Clavatula, Epitonium, Cantharidus, Bittium, Fissurella</i>, and <i>Cardium</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 12 (2-3): 74–76, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770530
page(s): 76, pl. 3 fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 76, pl. 3 fig. 7 [details]
Note 'Philippines' [erroneous], NHMUK...
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vasticardium fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=466602 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardium fultoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1916) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1916). Descriptions of seven new species of Mollusca belonging to the genera <i>Drillia, Clavatula, Epitonium, Cantharidus, Bittium, Fissurella</i>, and <i>Cardium</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 12 (2-3): 74–76, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770530
page(s): 76, pl. 3 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Acrosterigma sowerbyorum Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1993) Voskuil, R. P. A.; Onverwagt, W. J. H. (1992). Studies in Cardiidae. 6. Two new species from the central Indo-Pacific and southeast Greenland and new names for two primary homonyms (Mollusca, Bivalvia). <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 31 (3): 33-44.
page(s): 41, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Cardium ornatum G. B. Sowerby III, 1877) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1877). Descriptions of six new species of shells from the collections of the Marchioness Paulucci and Dr. Prevost. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1876: 752-755, pl. 75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100023
page(s): 755, pl. 75 fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 470; note: holotype figured (pl. 198 figs 7A-C) [details]
page(s): 76, pl. 3 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Acrosterigma sowerbyorum Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1993) Voskuil, R. P. A.; Onverwagt, W. J. H. (1992). Studies in Cardiidae. 6. Two new species from the central Indo-Pacific and southeast Greenland and new names for two primary homonyms (Mollusca, Bivalvia). <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 31 (3): 33-44.
page(s): 41, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Cardium ornatum G. B. Sowerby III, 1877) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1877). Descriptions of six new species of shells from the collections of the Marchioness Paulucci and Dr. Prevost. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1876: 752-755, pl. 75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100023
page(s): 755, pl. 75 fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 470; note: holotype figured (pl. 198 figs 7A-C) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality 'Philippines' [erroneous] [details]Type material NHMUK 1919.12.31.69, holotype [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cardium ornatum G. B. Sowerby III, 1877)
To Conchology (Vasticardium fultoni)
To Conchology (Vasticardium fultoni)
To Conchology (Vasticardium fultoni)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cardium ornatum G. B. Sowerby 3rd, 1877; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.01242) (from synonym Cardium ornatum G. B. Sowerby III, 1877)
To Malacopics (Vasticardium fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1916) Australia, Western Australia, Port H...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Conchology (Vasticardium fultoni)
To Conchology (Vasticardium fultoni)
To Conchology (Vasticardium fultoni)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cardium ornatum G. B. Sowerby 3rd, 1877; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.01242) (from synonym Cardium ornatum G. B. Sowerby III, 1877)
To Malacopics (Vasticardium fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1916) Australia, Western Australia, Port H...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
