Species Vasticardium angulatum (Lamarck, 1819)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cardium angulatum Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [336].
• Cardium alternatum 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 [108] [according to Wilson the species belongs to the genus Acrosterigma].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1971.24, Ticao, Philippines.

 

Generic Combinations

• Acrosterigma alternatum (Sowerby, 1841). —
  Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 9: 1-114 [84, pl. 5, figs 10-13]
• Acrosterigma angulata (Lamarck, 1819). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 29, fig. 190]
• Trachycardium angulatum (Lamarck, 1819). —
  Voskuil, R.P.A. & Onverwagt, W.J.H 1991. Studies on Cardiidae. 4. The taxonomy of the genus Trachycardium (part 1) with description of three new species. Vita Marina 2 41: 54-72, 1 pl.
• Vasticardium angulatum (Lamarck, 1819). —
  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 2: A-M. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 30: 355-644 [378]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SE Asia and 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

Coarse sand, coral reef, in sandy mud, intertidal, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m.

 

General References

Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 2. Pelecypoda and Brachiopoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3: 489-510 [403] (as C. angulatum)

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. [CD: line 9817]

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 2: A-M. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 30: 355-644 [378]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [62, fig. 190]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [160, pl. 24, fig. A] (as Trachycardium alternatum)

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. 13, fig. 65] (as Cardium alternatum)

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. 14, fig. 70] (as Cardium angulatum)

ter Poorten, J. 2014. Vasticardium angulatum (Lamarck, 1819). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381317 (Accessed on 2015-02-04)

Vidal, J. 1999. Taxonomic Review of the elongated cockles: genera Trachycardium, Vasticardium and Acrosterigma (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Zoosystema 21(2): 259-335, 20 figs [269]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [166, fig. 601] (as Acrosterigma alternatum)

Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 9: 1-114 [84, pl. 5, figs 10-13] (as Acrosterigma alternatum)

 

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. 14, fig. 70] (The Angluated 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)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	CARDIIDAE	14-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		21-Nov-2013	MODIFIED