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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Cardioidea: Cardiidae

Serripes groenlandicus (Mohr, 1786)


Range: 68°N to 41.3°N; 71.9°W to 55°W
Depth: 4 to 110 m (live 20 to 26 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 65  mm

Synonymy

Venus islandica auct. non Linnaeus, 1767
Cardium islandicus auct. non Linnaeus, 1767
Cardium groenlandicum Mohr, 1786
Mactra radiata Donovan, 1803
Cardium edentulum Montagu, 1808
Aphrodite columba I. Lea, 1837
Cardium boreale Reeve, 1845
Cardium fabricii Deshayes, 1855
Cardium hyperboreum Mörch, 1869
Cardium minus Mörch, 1869
Cardium album Verkrüzen, 1877
Serripes protractus Dall, 1900
Mactra fujinensis Yoyoyama, 1923
Serripes uvutschensis Ilyina, 1963

Details


Cardium groenlandicum Mohr, 1786,
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1782), Bruguière (1789)
Range: 68°N to 41.3°N; 71.9°W to 55°W
Depth: 4 to 110 m (live 20 to 26 m)
Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland; Canada: Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut
References: Matthew (1874); Procter (1933) LlSW

Cardium (Aphrodite) grönlandicum var. album Verkrüzen, 1877, p. 53
[Synonym]
Type Locality: der Bank [Grand Banks, Newfoundland]
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland Banks

Cardium boreale Reeve, 1845, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s
Comments: Non Broderip & Sowerby, 1829.

Aphrodite columba I. Lea, 1837, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Cardium edentulum Montagu, 1808, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Cardium fabricii Deshayes, 1855, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Mactra fujinensis Yoyoyama, 1923, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Cardium hyperboreum Mörch, 1869b, p. 27, Not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy.

Venus islandica auct. non Linnaeus, 1767, 
[Not available]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Misidentification.
Combining Genera:  Cardium

Cardium (Serripes) grönlandicum var. minor Mörch, 1869b, p. 27, [Middendorff pl. 16, figs. 6-7]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bellsound, Spitzberg
Maximum Reported Size: 65 mm
References: Mörch (1869b) M

Serripes protractus Dall, 1900, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Mactra radiata Donovan, 1803b,  pl. 161, 2 figs.
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Langston beach, near Portsmouth [Great Britain]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Serripes uvutschensis Ilyina, 1963, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s


Partial List of References

Donovan, E. 1803. The Natural History of British Shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systemically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each Natural History of British Shells 5 [i], pls. 145-162. Author and F. and C. Rivington: London.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1869. Catalogue des Mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette la Recherche en juin 1838 Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 4 7-32.
Verkrüzen, T. A. 1877. Liste der von T. A. Verkrüzen in 1876 in Neufundland und Nova Scotia gesammelten Mollusken Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 9 52-57. [Stated date: -- Jul 1877.]

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