North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthocardia tuberculata USNM 1197357)

AphiaID

381057 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381057)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851

Original name

Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Acanthocardia (Rudicardium) tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cardium fasciatum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium rusticum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium tuberculare G. B. Sowerby I, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cardium tuberculatum var. mutica Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 679 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Note Not given

Type locality Not given [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381057 on 2026-06-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=381057 on 2026-06-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-22 08:46:58Z

created

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2009-01-30 12:26:24Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2015-04-26 07:49:10Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2022-08-25 07:20:36Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description (of Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 679 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Cardium rusticum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Cardium fasciatum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3256 [details]

original description (of Cardium tuberculatum var. mutica Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 261, pl. 41 fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Cardium tuberculare G. B. Sowerby I, 1831) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): no. 34, [pl. 75 fig. 3] [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 174 [details]

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]