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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Cardioidea: Cardiidae

Acrosterigma magnum (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 25°N to 18°S; 91°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 6 to 150 m
Maximum Reported Size: 87  mm

Synonymy

Cardium magnum Linnaeus, 1758
Trachycardium magnum (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Cardium leucostomum Born, 1778
Cardium marmoreum Lamarck, 1819
Cardium subelongatum Sowerby I, 1841

Details


Cardium magnum Linnaeus, 1758, p. 680, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 25°N to 18°S; 91°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 6 to 150 m
Maximum Reported Size: 87 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Panama, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba: unlocalized; Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Brazil: Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Abrolhos Islands
References: Clench & Smith (1944) M; Vidal (1999) cT; Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004)
Combining Genera:  Trachycardium

Cardium leucostomum Born, 1778, 
[Synonym]
References: Vidal (1999: 275) s

Cardium marmoreum Lamarck, 1819, 
[Synonym]
References: Vidal (1999: 275) s

Cardium subelongatum Sowerby I, 1841, 
[Synonym]
References: Vidal (1999: 275) s


Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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