WoRMS taxon details

Afrocardium shepstonense (Tomlin, 1931)

381407  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381407)

accepted
Species
Ctenocardia shepstonense [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fragum (Afrocardium) shepstonense Tomlin, 1931) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1931). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 6(3): 415-450, pl. 33.
page(s): 449, pl. 33, fig. 8. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Note South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Port...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Port Shepstone [details]
Type material NHMUK 1931.7.23.5, one syntype; NMW 1955.158.1172 & 1173, thirty-one syntypes, Melvill-Tomlin collection [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Afrocardium shepstonense (Tomlin, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381407 on 2024-04-19
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2009-01-26 09:04:42Z
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2009-01-30 12:26:24Z
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2010-03-29 08:44:56Z
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2014-06-04 11:21:44Z
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original description  (of Fragum (Afrocardium) shepstonense Tomlin, 1931) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1931). On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 6(3): 415-450, pl. 33.
page(s): 449, pl. 33, fig. 8. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]   

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 178 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Length 10-13 mm [details]

Type locality South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, Port Shepstone [details]

Type material NHMUK 1931.7.23.5, one syntype; NMW 1955.158.1172 & 1173, thirty-one syntypes, Melvill-Tomlin collection [details]