Species Cyclocardia astartoides (Martens, 1878)

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• Cardita astartoides Martens, E. 1878. Einige conchylien aus den kalteren meeresgegenden der südlichen eidhalfte. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1878: 20-26 [25].
• Cardita antarctica Smith, E.A. 1907. Mollusca. V. — Lamellibranchiata. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, Natural History 2: 7 pp.
• Cardita intermedia Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13. [230, pl. 18 fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB Moll63.106 & Moll63.247 dry valves and 4 ethanol specimens, Kerguelen Islands.

  Type locality references:

  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [53].
• Cardita (Cyclocardia) intermedia Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13. [230, pl. 18, fig. 9].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [53-54, pl. 9 fig. 1]

Generic Combinations

• Cyclocardia astartoides (Martens, 1878). —
  Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [59]
• Venericardia astartoides (Martens, 1878). —
  Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [59]
• Venericardia (Cyclocardia) astartoides (Martens, 1878). —
  Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [59]
• Venericardia astartoides (Martens, 1878). —
  Hedley, C. 1916. Mollusca. Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, Scientific Reports, Series C: Zoology & Botany 4(1): 1–80 [30, pl. 3, figs 33-34]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circum-Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental rise, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

18-1674 m

General References

Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [59-60, figs 98, 99]

Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [53-54, pl. 9 fig. 1]

Huber, M. 2010. Cyclocardia astartoides (Martens, 1878). De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS). 2011-03-14. http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=197132

Huber, M. 2010. 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. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [253]

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