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Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

To MNHN Fossil collection (Cardium tuberculatum LINNAEUS, 1758; Cité; F.B41461)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Cardium tuberculatum LINNAEUS, 1758; Cité; F.B41461)

381057  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381057)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cardiida (Order)
  10. Cardioidea (Superfamily)
  11. Cardiidae (Family)
  12. Lymnocardiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Acanthocardiini (Tribe)
  14. Acanthocardia (Genus)
  15. Acanthocardia tuberculata (Species)
accepted
Species
Acanthocardia (Rudicardium) tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium (Cardium) tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium fasciatum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium nodosum Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium rusticum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium tuberculare G. B. Sowerby I, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium tuberculatum 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, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 679 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Note Not given, Linnean Society of London P-Z...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Not given [details]
Type material Linnean Society of London P-Z 0010854, possible syntype [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381057 on 2025-07-17
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2009-01-22 08:46:58Z
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ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2009-01-30 12:26:24Z
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ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2015-04-26 07:49:10Z
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ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2022-08-25 07:20:36Z
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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cardium tuberculatum 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, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 679 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cardium rusticum 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, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cardium fasciatum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3256 [details] 

original description (of Cardium tuberculatum var. mutica Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 261, pl. 41 fig. 4 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. asperula Coen, 1915) Coen, G.S. (1915). Sulle varietà viventi del <i>Cardium tuberculatum</i> L. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.</em> Ser. 3a (6): (46): 299-304, pl. 6-10.
page(s): 302-303, pl. 9 figs 1-2 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. dautzenbergi Coen, 1915) Coen, G.S. (1915). Sulle varietà viventi del <i>Cardium tuberculatum</i> L. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.</em> Ser. 3a (6): (46): 299-304, pl. 6-10.
page(s): 300-301, pl. 7 figs 3-4 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. palaeomutica Coen, 1915 †) Coen, G.S. (1915). Sulle varietà viventi del <i>Cardium tuberculatum</i> L. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.</em> Ser. 3a (6): (46): 299-304, pl. 6-10.
page(s): 301, pl. 7 figs 3-4 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. picta Coen, 1915) Coen, G.S. (1915). Sulle varietà viventi del <i>Cardium tuberculatum</i> L. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.</em> Ser. 3a (6): (46): 299-304, pl. 6-10.
page(s): 304, pl. 10 fig. 3 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. potens Coen, 1915) Coen, G.S. (1915). Sulle varietà viventi del <i>Cardium tuberculatum</i> L. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.</em> Ser. 3a (6): (46): 299-304, pl. 6-10.
page(s): 302, pl. 6 fig. 6 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. ruderata Coen, 1915) Coen, G.S. (1915). Sulle varietà viventi del <i>Cardium tuberculatum</i> L. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.</em> Ser. 3a (6): (46): 299-304, pl. 6-10.
page(s): 301, pl. 7 figs 5-6 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. spinosa Coen, 1915) Coen, G.S. (1915). Sulle varietà viventi del <i>Cardium tuberculatum</i> L. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.</em> Ser. 3a (6): (46): 299-304, pl. 6-10.
page(s): 301, pl. 7 figs 7-8 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. torquata Coen, 1915) Coen, G.S. (1915). Sulle varietà viventi del <i>Cardium tuberculatum</i> L. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.</em> Ser. 3a (6): (46): 299-304, pl. 6-10.
page(s): 303, pl. 9 figs 7-12 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. angulata Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10.
page(s): 132, 185 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. depauperata Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10.
page(s): 132, 185 [details] 

original description (of Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum var. multiplicata Coen, 1933) Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 192: i-vii, 1-186, pl. 1-10.
page(s): 132, 185 [details] 

original description (of Cardium tuberculatum var. alba Monterosato, 1872) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1872). <i>Notizie intorno alle conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Michele Amenta, Palermo, 61 pp. [October 2nd, 1872]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34578233
page(s): 22 [details] 

original description (of Cardium tuberculatum var. minor Monterosato, 1878) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1878). Enumerazione e sinonimia delle Conchiglie mediterranee. <em>Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche.</em> 13: 61-115 [December 31st, 1878]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35333762
page(s): 70 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cardium tuberculatum var. zonata Monterosato, 1878) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1878). Enumerazione e sinonimia delle Conchiglie mediterranee. <em>Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche.</em> 13: 61-115 [December 31st, 1878]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35333762
page(s): 70 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cardium tuberculare G. B. Sowerby I, 1831) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): no. 34, [pl. 75 fig. 3] [details] 

original description (of Cardium tuberculatum var. suborbicula J. T. Marshall, 1893) Marshall, J. T. (1893-1894). Additions to 'British Conchology' [Part 1]. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 241-265 [October 1893], 379-385 [April 1894]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573735
page(s): 246 [details] 

original description (of Cardium tuberculatum var. pharisiana Pallary, 1924) Pallary, P. (1924). Description d'une variété nouvelle de <i>Cardium tuberculatum</i> Linné. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 15 (7): 324., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/11124/?offset=#page=340&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=
page(s): 324 [details] 

original description (of Cardium nodosum Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 81 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 174 [details] 

Other

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Length L 60-95 mm (adult) [details]

Type locality Not given [details]

Type material Linnean Society of London P-Z 0010854, possible syntype [details]
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LanguageName 
Albanian midhja zemër me gunga  [details]
Dutch geknobbelde hartschelpfossiele hartschelp [from synonym]  [details]
English tuberculate cocklerough cockleMoroccan cockle  [details]
German Warzige HerzmuschelKnotige Herzmuschel  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Αγριομεθύστρα  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Acanthocardia (Rudicardium) tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (165 publications) (from synonym Cardium fasciatum Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (240 publications) (from synonym Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia tuberculata GIANT) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia tuberculata GIANT) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia tuberculata GIANT) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia tuberculata LARGE) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia tuberculata LARGE) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia tuberculata LARGE) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia tuberculata) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia tuberculata) 
To Conchology (Acanthocardia tuberculata) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthocardia tuberculata) 
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 13 proteins) 
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Lefkada, Gulf of Amv... 
To Malacopics (Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Lefkada, Gulf of Amv... 
To Malacopics (Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Chios, Karfas, at ... 
To Malacopics (Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Lesvos, Kolpos Kal... 
To Malacopics (Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Lesvos, Kolpos Kal... 
To Malacopics (Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To MNHN Fossil collection (Acanthocardia tuberculata (LINNAEUS, 1758); Figuré; F.A50670) 
To MNHN Fossil collection (Cardium tuberculatum LINNAEUS, 1758; Cité; F.B41461) (from synonym Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthocardia tuberculata USNM 1197357) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Acanthocardia (Rudicardium) tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Cardium rusticum Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium fasciatum Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium tuberculatum var. mutica Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium tuberculare G. B. Sowerby I, 1831)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cardium fasciatum Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus, 1758)
To ITIS
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