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WoRMS taxon details

Fragum unedo (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

381510 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381510)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Fragum Röding, 1798

Original name

Cardium unedo Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cardium cruentum G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium unedo Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Hemicardium tegulatum Dautzenberg, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cardium unedo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, and species, with characters, differences, synonyms, and places.]. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae ,Stockholm, Sweden. 1:[iii] + 824 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Note Unknown, Linnean Society of London P-Z...

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Type locality Unknown [details]

Type material Linnean Society of London P-Z 0010868, syntypes [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Fragum unedo (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381510 on 2026-10-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-27 08:15:44Z

created

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2014-11-24 06:48:07Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Hemicardium tegulatum Dautzenberg, 1900) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1900). Description d'une espèce nouvelle appartenant au genre Hemicardium. J. conchyliol. XLVIII: 5-8, plate I (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 5-8, pl. 1 figs 3-6 [details]

original description (of Cardium unedo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, and species, with characters, differences, synonyms, and places.]. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae ,Stockholm, Sweden. 1:[iii] + 824 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cardium cruentum G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): unnumbered page, pl. 57 fig. 1 [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 210 [details]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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). Vita Malacologica 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]