Meiocardia vulgaris
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| Meiocardia vulgaris | |
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| G. B. Sowerby's illustration accompanying Reeve's description | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Glossoidea |
| Family: | Glossidae |
| Genus: | Meiocardia |
| Species: | M. vulgaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Meiocardia vulgaris (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Meiocardia delicata is a species of marine bivalve in the family Glossidae.[1]
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
Right valve
Left valve
Lovell Augustus Reeve described this species in 1845, placing it in the genus Isocardia.[2]
In 1994, S. Kosuge & T. Kase described a junior synonym M. delicata; this was synonymized in 1995 by Akihiko Matsukuma and Tadashige Habe.[4]
Reeve gave this species the specific epithet vulgaris "common" to reflect "the abundant importation of this once rare and highly praised shell."[2]
Distribution
The type locality of M. vulgaris and its junior synonym are China and Okinawa, Japan, respectively.[4]
Its distribution includes: China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Queensland, Australia, the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Northeast India, Oman, Zanzibar and Madagascar.[4]
