Vepricardium

Vepricardium is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Cardiinae of the family Cardiidae, the giant clams.^[1]

Vepricardium
shell of Vepricardium eichhorsti (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Superfamily:	Cardioidea
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Vepricardium Iredale, 1929
Type species
Vepricardium pulchricostatum Iredale, 1929
Synonyms
Pectunculus Mörch, 1853 (invalid: non Lamarck, 1799 nec da Costa, 1778)

Species

• Vepricardium asiaticum (Bruguière, 1789)
• Vepricardium burnupi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
• Vepricardium coronatum (Schröter, 1786)
• Vepricardium eichhorsti Thach, 2015
• Vepricardium incarnatum (Reeve, 1844)
• Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839)
• † Vepricardium orbiculare Schafhäutl ^[2]
• Vepricardium rubrohamatum Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1988
• Vepricardium sinense (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839)
• Vepricardium vidali ter Poorten & H. Dekker, 2002

Synonyms

• Vepricardium albohamatum Hylleberg, 2000: synonym of Vepricardium rubrohamatum Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1988 (dubious synonym)
• Vepricardium leve (Anton, 1938): synonym of Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) (based on nomen oblitum)
• Vepricardium pulchricostatum Iredale, 1929: synonym of Vepricardium multispinosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) (junior subjective synonym)