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Subspecies Vasticardium elongatum coralense (Vidal, 1993)

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Subspecies Vasticardium elongatum coralense (Vidal, 1993)

Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Acrosterigma elongatum coralense Vidal, J. 1993. Variability of Acrosterigma elongatum, a polytypic species (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 14: 41-58 [54].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

New Caledonia, Coral Sea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m, shallowly buried, coarse sand, sand with rubble bottoms

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. [293, CD: line 9830]

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 [499]

ter Poorten, J. 2014. Vasticardium elongatum coralense (Vidal, 1993). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381327 (Accessed on 2015-02-04)

Vidal, J. 1993. Variability of Acrosterigma elongatum, a polytypic species (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 14: 41-58 [54]

Vidal, J. 1999. Taxonomic Review of the elongated cockles: genera Trachycardium, Vasticardium and Acrosterigma (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Zoosystema 21(2): 259-335, 20 figs [268]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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	12-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		12-Apr-2011	MODIFIED