North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Parvicardium Monterosato, 1884

Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia among seagrass Cymodocea, 28.05.2009), actual size 9.3 mm and 3.6 mm

AphiaID

137739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137739)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cardium parvum R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Parvicardiini Kafanov & Starobogatov, 1977

Parent

Parvicardiini Kafanov & Starobogatov, 1977

Original name

Cardium (Parvicardium) Monterosato, 1884

Direct children (15)

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Species Parvicardium carrozzai van Aartsen & Goud, 2001
Species Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Parvicardium hauniense (G. H. Petersen & P. Russell, 1971)
Species Parvicardium pinnulatum (Conrad, 1831)
Species Parvicardium scabrum (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Species Parvicardium scriptum (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
Species Parvicardium subangulatum (Scacchi, 1833)
Species Parvicardium trapezium Cecalupo & Quadri, 1996
Species Parvicardium vroomi van Aartsen, Menkhorst & E. Gittenberger, 1984
Species Parvicardium elegantulum (Møller, 1842) accepted as Goethemia elegantula (Møller, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Parvicardium minimum (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Papillicardium minimum (R. A. Philippi, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Parvicardium nodosum W. Turton, 1822 non Montagu, 1803 accepted as Cardium scabrum R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Parvicardium scabrum (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > misapplication)
Species Parvicardium ovale (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) sensu Spada & Della Bella, 1990 accepted as Parvicardium scriptum (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892) (unaccepted > misapplication)
Species Parvicardium ovale (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) accepted as Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789)
Species Parvicardium simile (Milaschewitsch, 1909) accepted as Papillicardium simile (Milaschewitsch, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

(of ) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 19 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parvicardium Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137739 on 2026-06-28

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Parvicardium Monterosato, 1884. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137739 on 2026-06-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-01-27 08:15:44Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2009-02-01 10:41:42Z

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-09-19 06:57:35Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2012-10-16 09:50:31Z

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Gofas, Serge

2015-03-22 18:15:46Z

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Gofas, Serge

2018-03-12 16:04:37Z

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2019-09-10 06:24:10Z

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2020-01-09 08:10:12Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-03-28 07:17:40Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description (of ) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 19 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 112, 116 [details]

additional source Spada G. & Della Bella G. (1990). Chiave di determinazione per le specie mediterranee viventi dei generi Plagiocardium Cossmann, 1886 e Parvicardium Monterosato, 1884 (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 23: 393-408 pl. 1-6 [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Crosse, H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. Journal de Conchyliologie. 33: 139-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15979493
page(s): 140 [details]