Species Vasticardium philippinense (Hedley, 1899)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Cardium philippinense Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 2. Pelecypoda and Brachiopoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3: 489-510 [503].
Type data:
Status unknown, 1694, locality unknown. - Cardium (Trachycardium) pseudoangulatum Bülow, C. 1905. Einige Seltenheiten aus meiner Sammlung. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 37: 78-83 [79, pl. 1, fig. 3].
Generic Combinations
- Vasticardium orbita philippinense (Hedley, 1899). —
Vidal, J. 1997. Large Trachycardiinae from the Indo-West Pacific: The group of Vasticardium orbita (Broderip & Sowerby, 1833) (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Molluscan Research 18: 11-32 [19]
Vidal, J. 1999. Reflections on the distribution of polytypic species of the genus Vasticardium (Mollusca, Cardiidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 2 19: 353-362 [357] - Vasticardium philippinense (Hedley, 1899). —
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. [681] (Huber (2010: 681) states "many of Vidal’s subspecies are here considered valid species")
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Acrosrerigma mendanaense (Sowerby, 1896). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 29, fig. 188]
Vidal, J. 1997. Large Trachycardiinae from the Indo-West Pacific: The group of Vasticardium orbita (Broderip & Sowerby, 1833) (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Molluscan Research 18: 11-32 [19-21] (comments "sensu Lamprell & Whitehead 1992, pl.29, fig. 188; not Vasticardium orbita mendanaense (Sowerby))
Introduction
Huber (2010: 681) does not include Australia in the distribution for Vasticardium philippinense (Hedley, 1899. However, it is included here until further resolution of this species.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Central Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
In coral rubble, marine, sand, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
5-50 m
General References
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. [296, 681, CD: line 9871]
Hylleberg, J. 2004. Lexical approach to Cardiacea. Records of taxa. Illustrated and annotated records of living and fossil shells, with emphasis on the families Cardiidae and Lymnocardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Part 3: N-Z. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 30: 645-939 [667] (elevated to species level)
Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R.N. 2003. Marine Molluscs of Vietnam: Annotations, voucher material, and species in need of verification. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 28: 1-299 [174]
ter Poorten, J. 2014. Vasticardium philippinense (Hedley, 1899). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=466609 (Accessed on 2015-02-05)
Vidal, J. 1997. Large Trachycardiinae from the Indo-West Pacific: The group of Vasticardium orbita (Broderip & Sowerby, 1833) (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Molluscan Research 18: 11-32 [19, pl. 2, figs 2a, b, 3a, b, pl. 3, figs 1, 2]
Vidal, J. 1999. Reflections on the distribution of polytypic species of the genus Vasticardium (Mollusca, Cardiidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 2 19: 353-362 [356]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 22-Aug-2023 | BIVALVIA | 22-Aug-2023 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 11-Aug-2014 | 11-Aug-2014 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Aug-2014 | CARDIIDAE | 21-Apr-2011 | MOVED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 12-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED |