African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Trachycardium Mörch, 1853

AphiaID

203976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203976)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Trachycardiinae R. B. Stewart, 1930

Parent

Trachycardiinae R. B. Stewart, 1930

Original name

Cardium (Trachycardium) Mörch, 1853

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Species Trachycardium arenicolum (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Cardium maculosum W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Acrosterigma maculosum (W. Wood, 1815)
Species Trachycardium elongatum (Bruguière, 1789) accepted as Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Trachycardium flavum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Vasticardium flavum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Trachycardium leucostomum (Born, 1778) accepted as Acrosterigma magnum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Trachycardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780) accepted as Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Trachycardium peregrinum Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Trachycardium rubicundum (Reeve, 1844) accepted as Vasticardium rubicundum (Reeve, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Trachycardium subrugosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) † accepted as Vasticardium subrugosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

(of ) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 34 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Trachycardium Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203976 on 2026-07-07

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Trachycardium Mörch, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203976 on 2026-07-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-01-23 11:16:10Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2009-01-24 16:40:40Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2009-01-30 12:26:24Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2012-07-22 04:59:32Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-11-20 18:36:10Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2021-02-23 18:46:09Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description (of ) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 34 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 402, 522 [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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