WoRMS name details
Cardita elegantula Deshayes, 1854
538498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:538498)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Cardita elegantula var. conferta E. A. Smith, 1906 accepted as Arcturellina conferta (E. A. Smith, 1906) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus <i>Cardita</i>, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1852) 20: 100-103, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680720
page(s): 101, pl. 17 figs 6-7 [details]
page(s): 101, pl. 17 figs 6-7 [details]
Type locality contained in China Sea
type locality contained in China Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardita elegantula Deshayes, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=538498 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus <i>Cardita</i>, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1852) 20: 100-103, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680720
page(s): 101, pl. 17 figs 6-7 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 101, pl. 17 figs 6-7 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
