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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDIIDAE: TRACHYCARDIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Cardioidea (Superfamily)
> Cardiidae (Family)
> Trachycardiinae (Subfamily)
> Acrosterigma (Genus)
> sorenseni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Trachycardium (Acrosterigma) Dall, 1900
Synonymised Names:
=Trachycardium (Vasticardium) sorenseni Powell, 1958
Images: Acrosterigma sorenseni (Powell, 1958)
Holotype, collected in 1944, Denham Bay, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (MA71236). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1944, Denham Bay, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (MA71236). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Kermadec Islands, NZ. 34mm. © rights reserved
Kermadec Islands, NZ. 34mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDIIDAE: TRACHYCARDIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Cardioidea (Superfamily)
> Cardiidae (Family)
> Trachycardiinae (Subfamily)
> Acrosterigma (Genus)
> sorenseni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Trachycardium (Acrosterigma) Dall, 1900
Synonymised Names:
=Trachycardium (Vasticardium) sorenseni Powell, 1958
Details: Acrosterigma sorenseni (Powell, 1958)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, from 0-70m
Type Data:
  • Denham Bay, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vidal, J. 1999 Taxonomic review of the elongated cockles: genera Trachycardium, Vasticacrdium and Acrosterigma (Mollusca: Cardiidae), Zoosystema, 21 (p.280)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.213)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1958 Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Part 1, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5(1) (p.76) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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