WoRMS taxon details
Cardium costatum Linnaeus, 1758
224543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224543)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 678 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 678 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cardium costatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224543 on 2026-09-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 678 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 330; note: lectotype figured (pl. 133 figs 4A-B) [details]
page(s): 678 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 330; note: lectotype figured (pl. 133 figs 4A-B) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 512-513 [details]
page(s): 512-513 [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Poorten, J.J. ter, 2007 [November 3]. Notes on the identity of <i>Cardium costatum</i> Linnaeus, 1758, with the description of <i>Cardium maxicostatum</i> spec. nov. from tropical West Africa (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <i>Basteria</i> 71 (1-3): 57-70.
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note: lectotype designation [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Length L 80-110 mm (adult) [details]Type locality Not designated (‘in M. Africano’: Linnaeus, 1767: 1121) [details]
Type material Linnean Society of London A-F 0020132, lectotype [details]
Unreviewed
authority Bernard wrote Linné, 1758 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | great ribbed cocklecostate cockle | [details] |
| German | Gerippte Herzmuschel | [details] |
http://linnean-online.org/16911/ Note: Type material
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (140 publications)
To Conchology (Cardium costatum)
To Conchology (Cardium costatum)
To Conchology (Cardium costatum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cardium costatum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cardium costatum Linnaeus, 1758 Angola)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (140 publications)
To Conchology (Cardium costatum)
To Conchology (Cardium costatum)
To Conchology (Cardium costatum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cardium costatum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cardium costatum Linnaeus, 1758 Angola)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
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