Acrosterigma is a genus of large saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1]

Acrosterigma
Acrosterigma cygnorum (Deshayes, 1855)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Cardioidea
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Acrosterigma
Dall, 1900
Synonyms

Cardium dalli Heilprin, 1886

Species

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Synonyms

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  • Acrosterigma abrolhense J. Vidal, 1999: synonym of Acrosterigma cygnorum (Deshayes, 1855) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Acrosterigma alternatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840): synonym of Vasticardium angulatum (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Acrosterigma arenicola (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Acrosterigma maculosum (W. Wood, 1815) represented as Acrosterigma maculosum maculosum (W. Wood, 1815) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Acrosterigma dampierense B. R. Wilson & Stevenson, 1977: synonym of Acrosterigma impolitum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Acrosterigma dupuchense (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Vasticardium flavum dupuchense (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Vasticardium dupuchense (Reeve, 1845) (superseded combination)
  • Acrosterigma elongatum (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguière, 1789) (superseded combination)
  • Acrosterigma fidele J. Vidal, 1992: synonym of Vasticardium fidele (J. Vidal, 1992) (superseded combination, original combination)
  • Acrosterigma flavum (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Vasticardium flavum (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded combination)
  • Acrosterigma kengaluorum Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1993: synonym of Vasticardium kengaluorum (Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1993) (superseded combination, original combination)
  • Acrosterigma lacunosum (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Vasticardium assimile lacunosum (Reeve, 1845) (superseded combination)
  • Acrosterigma lomboke (J. Vidal, 2003): synonym of Vasticardium lomboke J. Vidal, 2003: synonym of Cardium mindanense Reeve, 1844: synonym of Vasticardium mindanense (Reeve, 1844)
  • Acrosterigma mendanaense (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of Vasticardium mendanaense (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (superseded combination)
  • Acrosterigma punctolineata Healy & Lamprell, 1992: synonym of Acrosterigma punctolineatum Healy & Lamprell, 1992 (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet with neuter genus name)
  • Acrosterigma reeveanum (Dunker, 1852): synonym of Vasticardium vertebratum (Jonas, 1844) ( junior subjective synonym)
  • Acrosterigma rosemariensis B. R. Wilson & Stevenson, 1977: synonym of Acrosterigma impolitum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Acrosterigma rugosa (Lamarck, 1819): synonym of Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Acrosterigma sowerbyorum Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1993: synonym of Vasticardium fultoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1916) (junior subjective synonym, replacement name for Cardium ornatum G.B. Sowerby III, 1877)
  • Acrosterigma subassimile (J. Vidal, 2003): synonym of Vasticardium subassimile J. Vidal, 2003
  • Acrosterigma subrugosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839): synonym of Vasticardium flavum subrugosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839): synonym of Vasticardium subrugosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839)
  • Acrosterigma swanae (S. J. Maxwell, Congdon & Rymer, 2016): synonym of Cardium variegatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1840: synonym of Acrosterigma variegatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
  • Acrosterigma unicolor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834): synonym of Cardium simplex Spengler, 1799: synonym of Acrosterigma simplex (Spengler, 1799) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Acrosterigma vlamingi B. R. Wilson & Stevenson, 1977: synonym of Acrosterigma impolitum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) (junior subjective synonym)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acrosterigma Dall, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345685 on 19 March 2024
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
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