Genus Vepricardium Iredale, 1929
Compiler and date details
2011 - Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi, generic information
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Vepricardium Iredale, T. 1929. Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 337-352, pls 37-38 [338].
Type species:
Vepricardium pulchricostatum Iredale, 1929 (= Cardium multispinosum Sowerby, 1838) by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Europe to Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
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 [828]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [21]
Keen, A.M. 1980. The pelecypod family Cardiidae: a taxonomic summary. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 1 16: 1-40 [8]
Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N586]
Poorten, J.J. & H. Dekker 2002. Vepricardium vidali spec. nov. (Bivalvia, Cardiidae), from southern Arabia, Oman and Yemen. Basteria 66: 101-105
Schneider, J.A. 2002. Phylogeny of cardiid bivalves(cockles and giant clams): revision of the Cardiinae and the importanceof fossils in explaining disjunct biogeographical distributions. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136(3): 321-369
Vidal, J. 2000. Genus Vepricardium Iredale 1929 (Bivalvia, Cardiidae) with the description of a new species from Thailand, Vepricardium albohamatum Hyllberg & Vidal. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 21(2): 447-464
Wilson, B.R. & Stevenson, S.E. 1977. Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 9: 1-114 [32]
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 | 12-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 12-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED |