MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Cardium caparti Nicklès, 1955) Nicklès, M. (1955). Scaphopodes et lamellibranches récoltés dans l' ouest Africain. Atlantide Report (Scientific results of the Danish expedition to the coasts of tropical west Africa, 1945- 1946), 3: 93-237, figs. 1-41. Copenhagen. page(s): 173-174, fig. 27 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 8), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
basis of record
Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp. page(s): 308 [details]
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. page(s): 522-523 [details]
From editor or global species database
Length 40-50 mm [details]
Type locality Liberia, W. off Greenville, offshore, 95 m, 4°57'N-9°26'W, Atlantide, st. 61, 09.01.1946. [details]
Type material ZMUC, holotype [details]
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