Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Acrosterigma impolitum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

HKRMS taxon details

Acrosterigma impolitum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

AphiaID

381186 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381186)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acrosterigma Dall, 1900

Original name

Cardium impolitum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834

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): 47, fig. 6; 183, fig. 66 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acrosterigma impolitum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). 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://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381186 on 2026-02-24

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. Acrosterigma impolitum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381186 on 2026-02-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-23 11:16:10Z

created

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2009-01-30 12:26:24Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-03-29 08:44:56Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-09-16 02:51:15Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2014-11-10 14:29:33Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2017-09-25 06:19:01Z

changed

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): 47, fig. 6; 183, fig. 66 [details]

context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2010). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis of Epibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 490; note: lectotype figured (pl. 208 figs 1A-D) [details]