Species Acrosterigma variegatum (Sowerby, 1840)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cardium variegatum Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1841. Descriptions of shells collected by Mr. Cuming in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840(8): 105-111 [107].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH not catalogued, Cuming Collection, Ticao (Philippines).
• Vasticardium swanae Maxwell, S.J., Congdon, B.C. & Rymer, T.L. 2016. A new species of Vasticardium (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) from Queensland, Australia. The Festivus 48(4): 248-252.

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA MO85748, Bramble Reef, near Lucinda Queensland.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Poorten, J.J. ter, Kirkendale, L.A. & Poutiers, J.-M. 2017. The Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of tropical northern Australia: A synthesis of taxonomy, biodiversity and biogeography with the description of four new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 32: 101-190

 

Generic Combinations

• Acrosterigma variegatum (Sowerby, 1840). —
  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 [825-826]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), 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

Continental shelf, continental slope, coral reef, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

70(200) m, on sand among coral and rubble.

 

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. [297, CD: line 9947]

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 [825-826]

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Cardium. pls 13-22 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 15, fig. 75] (as C. variegatum)

ter Poorten, J. 2014. Acrosterigma variegatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345697 (Accessed on 2015-02-03)

Vidal, J. 1999. Taxonomic Review of the elongated cockles: genera Trachycardium, Vasticardium and Acrosterigma (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Zoosystema 21(2): 259-335, 20 figs [285, fig. 5a-c, table 14]

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Cardium. pls 13-22 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 15, fig. 75] (The Variegated Cockle)

 

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)
23-Apr-2018	BIVALVIA	13-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	CARDIIDAE	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		12-Apr-2011	MODIFIED