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WoRMS taxon details

Afrocardium shepstonense (Tomlin, 1931)

AphiaID

381407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381407)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Afrocardium Tomlin, 1931

Parent

Afrocardium Tomlin, 1931

Original name

Fragum (Afrocardium) shepstonense Tomlin, 1931

Synonymised names

Ctenocardia shepstonense [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)

Fragum (Afrocardium) shepstonense Tomlin, 1931 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Fragum (Afrocardium) shepstonense Tomlin, 1931) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1931). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 6(3): 415-450, pl. 33.
page(s): 449-450, pl. 33, fig. 8. [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Note South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Port...

From editor or global species database

Type locality South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Port Shepstone [details]

Type material NHMUK 1931.7.23.5, one syntype; NMW 1955.158.1172 & 1173, thirty-one syntypes, Melvill-Tomlin collection [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afrocardium shepstonense (Tomlin, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381407 on 2025-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-26 09:04:42Z

created

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2009-01-30 12:26:24Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-03-29 08:44:56Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2014-06-04 11:21:44Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Fragum (Afrocardium) shepstonense Tomlin, 1931) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1931). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 6(3): 415-450, pl. 33.
page(s): 449-450, pl. 33, fig. 8. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 90; note: syntype figured (pl. 26 figs 11A-B) [details]

Other

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 178 [details]