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Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786)
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156843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156843)
accepted
Species
Cardium carolinensis Conrad, 1863 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium maculatum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium magnum Born, 1778 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium magnum Linnaeus,...)
non Cardium magnum Linnaeus, 1758
Cardium obliquum Spengler, 1799 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium robustum [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium ventricosum Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dinocardium robustum hazeli Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dinocardium robustum vanhyningi Clench & L. C. Smith, 1944 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Dinocardium robustum hazeli Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 † accepted as Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Dinocardium robustum vanhyningi Clench & L. C. Smith, 1944 accepted as Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium robustum [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 58 [details]
page(s): 58 [details]
Note ‘Florida’ (Lightfoot, 1786: 58). Type...
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Type locality ‘Florida’ (Lightfoot, 1786: 58). Type figure: Born (1780: pl. 3 fig. 5). ‘The figure in Lister (1687: pl. 328 fig. 165) was recorded from Campeche, Mexico. This latter locality can be accepted as the type locality’ (Clench & Smith, 1944: 10) [details]
Type material Unknown [details]
Distribution Virginia to North Florida, Texas and Mexico
Distribution Virginia to North Florida, Texas and Mexico [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156843 on 2024-11-09
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original description
(of Cardium magnum Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]; (Kraus)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Cardium ventricosum Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Cardium maculatum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3255 [details]
original description (of Cardium obliquum Spengler, 1799) Spengler, L. (1799). Over det toskallede Slægt, Hiertemuslingen, <i>Cardium</i> Linnéi. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(1): 1-60, pl. 1., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN608227374_0005&DMDID=DMDLOG_0004
page(s): 23-24, pl. 1 fig. 3a-b [details]
original description (of Cardium robustum [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 58 [details]
original description (of Dinocardium robustum vanhyningi Clench & L. C. Smith, 1944) Clench, W. J. & Smith, L. C. (1944). The family Cardiidae in the Western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 1(13): 1-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41114039
page(s): 11-12 [details]
original description (of Dinocardium robustum hazeli Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 †) Ward, L.W. & Blackwelder, B.W. (1987). Late Pliocene and early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at the Lee Creek Mine. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 61: 113-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58085640
page(s): 153-154, pl. 17 figs 5-6 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cardium carolinensis Conrad, 1863 †) Conrad, T. A. (1863). Catalogue of the Miocene shells of the Atlantic slope. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 559-586., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1952033
page(s): 576 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 368 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Cardium ventricosum Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Cardium maculatum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3255 [details]
original description (of Cardium obliquum Spengler, 1799) Spengler, L. (1799). Over det toskallede Slægt, Hiertemuslingen, <i>Cardium</i> Linnéi. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(1): 1-60, pl. 1., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN608227374_0005&DMDID=DMDLOG_0004
page(s): 23-24, pl. 1 fig. 3a-b [details]
original description (of Cardium robustum [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 58 [details]
original description (of Dinocardium robustum vanhyningi Clench & L. C. Smith, 1944) Clench, W. J. & Smith, L. C. (1944). The family Cardiidae in the Western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 1(13): 1-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41114039
page(s): 11-12 [details]
original description (of Dinocardium robustum hazeli Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 †) Ward, L.W. & Blackwelder, B.W. (1987). Late Pliocene and early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at the Lee Creek Mine. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 61: 113-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58085640
page(s): 153-154, pl. 17 figs 5-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cardium carolinensis Conrad, 1863 †) Conrad, T. A. (1863). Catalogue of the Miocene shells of the Atlantic slope. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 559-586., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1952033
page(s): 576 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 368 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Virginia to North Florida, Texas and Mexico [details]Length L 100-120 mm (adult) [details]
Type locality ‘Florida’ (Lightfoot, 1786: 58). Type figure: Born (1780: pl. 3 fig. 5). ‘The figure in Lister (1687: pl. 328 fig. 165) was recorded from Campeche, Mexico. This latter locality can be accepted as the type locality’ (Clench & Smith, 1944: 10) [details]
Type material Unknown [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atlantic giant cockle | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dinocardium robustum)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786) United States, Florida, low tide, sand fla...
To Malacopics (Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To MNHN Fossil collection (Cardium obliquum LAMARCK, 1805; Figuré; F.B22342) (from synonym Cardium obliquum Spengler, 1799)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Dinocardium robustum vanhyningi Clench & L. C. Smith, 1944)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dinocardium robustum)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786) United States, Florida, low tide, sand fla...
To Malacopics (Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To MNHN Fossil collection (Cardium obliquum LAMARCK, 1805; Figuré; F.B22342) (from synonym Cardium obliquum Spengler, 1799)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Dinocardium robustum vanhyningi Clench & L. C. Smith, 1944)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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