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WoRMS taxon details

Meiocardia vulgaris (Reeve, 1845)

AphiaID

505256 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505256)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Meiocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857

Original name

Isocardia vulgaris Reeve, 1845

Synonymised names

Glossus vulgaris (Reeve, 1845) · unaccepted

Isocardia vulgaris Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted (original combination)

Meiocardia delicata Kosuge & Kase, 1994 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Isocardia vulgaris Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1845). Monograph of the genus Isocardia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pl. 1 and unpaginated text [stated date: March 1845]. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pl. 1 and unpaginated text [stated date: March 1845]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937485 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Meiocardia vulgaris (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505256 on 2025-10-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

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Nomenclature

original description (of Isocardia vulgaris Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1845). Monograph of the genus Isocardia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pl. 1 and unpaginated text [stated date: March 1845]. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pl. 1 and unpaginated text [stated date: March 1845]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937485 [details]

original description (of Meiocardia delicata Kosuge & Kase, 1994) Kosuge, S; Kase, T. (1994). Descriptions of two new species of the genus Meiocardia from southern Japan (Bivalvia Glossidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo. 3(2): 28-30, pls 10-12.
page(s): 29, pl. 11 figs 6-8, pl. 12 figs 1-3 [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Matsukuma, A. & Habe, T. (1995). Systematic revision of living species of Meiocardia, Glossidae and Glossocardia, Trapezidae (Bivalvia). in: Bouchet, P. (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. ser. A, Zoologie, 167: 75-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58833165 [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