Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839)

HKRMS taxon details

Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839)

AphiaID

381145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381145)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Vepricardium Iredale, 1929

Original name

Cardium multispinosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1839

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). Cardium. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): 150, figs. 38, 38a [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381145 on 2026-02-14

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381145 on 2026-02-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2009-01-23 08:08:37Z

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2009-01-30 12:26:24Z

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-03-29 08:44:56Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2024-07-29 14:20:52Z

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description (of ) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). Cardium. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): 150, figs. 38, 38a [details]

context source (HKRMS) Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004631434 [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 314; note: lectotype figured (pl. 125 figs 1A-D) [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors