WoRMS taxon details
Fragum fragum (Linnaeus, 1758)
207666 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207666)
accepted
Species
Cardium fragum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium imbricatum Born, 1778 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fragum flavum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hemicardium (Fragum) fragum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium fragum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Note ‘O. Asiatico, Americano’; restricted to...
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Fragum fragum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207666 on 2026-06-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardium fragum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 679 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cardium imbricatum Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Fragum flavum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 189 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 208 [details]
page(s): 679 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cardium imbricatum Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Fragum flavum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 189 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 208 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Tai, K.K. (2005) Ecological status and conservation value of soft shore habitats in Hong Kong. MPhil thesis. City University of Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). <em>Tanganyika Notes and Records.</em> 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Poorten, J.J. ter, 2009. The Cardiidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 Deep-Sea Cruise with descriptions of four new species (Bivalvia). <i>Vita Malacologica</i> 8: 9-96 [21 November 2009] . Available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850, available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). <em>Tanganyika Notes and Records.</em> 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Poorten, J.J. ter, 2009. The Cardiidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 Deep-Sea Cruise with descriptions of four new species (Bivalvia). <i>Vita Malacologica</i> 8: 9-96 [21 November 2009] . Available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850, available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Length L 25-45 mm [details]Type locality ‘O. Asiatico, Americano’; restricted to Indonesia, Moluccas, Ambon [details]
Type material Linnean Society of London A-F 00202243, probable holotype [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オオヒシガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Fragum flavum Röding, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications) (from synonym Cardium fragum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Fragum fragum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fragum fragum)
To GenBank (1364 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Fragum fragum (Linnaeus, 1758) Visayan Sea, by fishing, collected 1975, ex coll. W....
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Hemicardium (Fragum) fragum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Fragum flavum Röding, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications) (from synonym Cardium fragum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Fragum fragum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fragum fragum)
To GenBank (1364 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Fragum fragum (Linnaeus, 1758) Visayan Sea, by fishing, collected 1975, ex coll. W....
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Hemicardium (Fragum) fragum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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