WoRMS name details
Mytilicardia [sic]
205781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205781)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (by Herrmannsen, 1847)
Genus
- Subgenus Mytilicardia (Thecalia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 accepted as Thecalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Mytilicardia crassicosta (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Cardita crassicosta Lamarck, 1819
- Species Mytilicardia elongata Fontannes, 1882 accepted as Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Mytilicardia ffinchi Melvill, 1898 accepted as Cardita ffinchi (Melvill, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mytilicardia tasmanica Tenison Woods, 1876 accepted as Cardita aviculina Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mytilicardia variegata (Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Cardita variegata Bruguière, 1792
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Mytilicardita Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mytilicardia [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205781 on 2026-08-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mytilicardita Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 10 [details]
basis of record Odhner, N. H. J. (1919). Contribution à la faune malacologique de Madagascar. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 12(6): 1-52., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455070 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
basis of record Odhner, N. H. J. (1919). Contribution à la faune malacologique de Madagascar. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 12(6): 1-52., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455070 [details]
Other
additional source
Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Unreviewed
synonymy Best guess: both Mytilocardia and Mytilicardita are listed as synonyms in Vaught. [details]
