WoRMS taxon details
Vasticardium Iredale, 1927
345698 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345698)
accepted
Genus
Cochlea nebulosa Martyn, 1786 accepted as Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguière, 1789) (type by original designation)
Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) Iredale, 1927 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Cochlea Martyn, 1786 · unaccepted > unavailable name (published in a work placed by...)
published in a work placed by ICZN on Official Index
Regozara Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachycardium (Regozara) Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachycardium (Vasticardium) Iredale, 1927 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Vasticardium (Regozara) Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Vasticardium (Vasticardium) Iredale, 1927 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Vasticardium albopacificum ter Poorten, 2023
- Species Vasticardium angulatum (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Vasticardium assimile (Reeve, 1844)
- Species Vasticardium berschaueri Thach, 2014
- Species Vasticardium compunctum Kira, 1959
- Species Vasticardium coralense (J. Vidal, 1993)
- Species Vasticardium dupuchense (Reeve, 1845)
- Species Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguière, 1789)
- Species Vasticardium enode (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
- Species Vasticardium fidele (J. Vidal, 1992)
- Species Vasticardium flavum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Vasticardium fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1916)
- Species Vasticardium hawaiense (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
- Species Vasticardium hyllebergi Thach, 2014
- Species Vasticardium indioceanum (J. Vidal, 1993)
- Species Vasticardium insulare J. Vidal, 1997
- Species Vasticardium jorgeni ter Poorten, 2023
- Species Vasticardium lacunosum (Reeve, 1845)
- Species Vasticardium luteomarginatum (Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1991)
- Species Vasticardium marerubrum (Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1991)
- Species Vasticardium mendanaense (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
- Species Vasticardium mindanense (Reeve, 1844)
- Species Vasticardium neokenyanum Hylleberg, 2015
- Species Vasticardium ngai Thach, 2016
- Species Vasticardium okinawaense (Kuroda, 1960)
- Species Vasticardium orbita (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Species Vasticardium papuanum J. Vidal, 1996
- Species Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780)
- Species Vasticardium philippinense (Hedley, 1899)
- Species Vasticardium rhegminum (P. G. Oliver & Chesney, 1997)
- Species Vasticardium rubicundum (Reeve, 1844)
- Species Vasticardium serricostatum (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
- Species Vasticardium sewelli (Prashad, 1932)
- Species Vasticardium somnueki Hylleberg, 2015
- Species Vasticardium subassimile J. Vidal, 2003
- Species Vasticardium subrugosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839)
- Species Vasticardium terpoorteni Hylleberg, 2015
- Species Vasticardium thomassini J. Vidal, 1998
- Species Vasticardium vertebratum (Jonas, 1844)
- Species Vasticardium wilsoni (Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1991)
- Subgenus Vasticardium (Regozara) Iredale, 1936 accepted as Vasticardium Iredale, 1927 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Vasticardium (Vasticardium) Iredale, 1927 accepted as Vasticardium Iredale, 1927 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Vasticardium (Vasticardium) burchardi (Dunker, 1877) accepted as Acrosterigma burchardi (Dunker, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Vasticardium attenuatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) accepted as Acrosterigma attenuatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Vasticardium burchardti (Dunker, 1877) accepted as Acrosterigma burchardi (Dunker, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Vasticardium cossignanii Thach, 2018 accepted as Cardium subrugosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 accepted as Vasticardium subrugosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Vasticardium kengaluorum (Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1993) accepted as Cardium mindanense Reeve, 1844 accepted as Vasticardium mindanense (Reeve, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Vasticardium kuboderai Thach, 2015 accepted as Vasticardium berschaueri Thach, 2014 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Vasticardium lomboke J. Vidal, 2003 accepted as Cardium mindanense Reeve, 1844 accepted as Vasticardium mindanense (Reeve, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Vasticardium nigropunctatum T. Habe & Kosuge, 1966 accepted as Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Vasticardium ornatum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1877) accepted as Vasticardium fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1916) (Preoccupied name (non Cardium ornatum Eichwald, 1855))
- Species Vasticardium swanae S. J. Maxwell, Congdon & Rymer, 2016 accepted as Acrosterigma swanae (S. J. Maxwell, Congdon & Rymer, 2016) accepted as Cardium variegatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1840 accepted as Acrosterigma variegatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
neuter
Iredale, T. (1927). New molluscs from Vanikoro. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 16(1): 73-80, pl. 5., available online at http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16812/781_complete.pdf, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63899181
page(s): 75 [details]
page(s): 75 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vasticardium Iredale, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345698 on 2026-06-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Iredale, T. (1927). New molluscs from Vanikoro. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 16(1): 73-80, pl. 5., available online at http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16812/781_complete.pdf, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63899181
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Cochlea Martyn, 1786) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680
page(s): Table 2 [details]
original description (of Regozara Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/
page(s): 275 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Trachycardium (Vasticardium) Iredale, 1927) Iredale, T. (1927). New molluscs from Vanikoro. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 16(1): 73-80, pl. 5., available online at http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16812/781_complete.pdf, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63899181 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 401, 404 [details]
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Cochlea Martyn, 1786) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680
page(s): Table 2 [details]
original description (of Regozara Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/
page(s): 275 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Trachycardium (Vasticardium) Iredale, 1927) Iredale, T. (1927). New molluscs from Vanikoro. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 16(1): 73-80, pl. 5., available online at http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/16812/781_complete.pdf, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63899181 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 401, 404 [details]
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