Acanthocardia spinosa
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: ter Poorten, Jan Johan
creator: Tran, Bastien
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Acanthocardia spinosa ([Lightfoot], 1786)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia spinosa ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138994 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2012-12-09T11:11:31Z
replaces: 1600920
replaces: 381056
replaces: 711932
replaces: 747972
replaces: 747986
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Acanthocardia spinosa ([Lightfoot], 1786)
class: Bivalvia
family: Cardiidae
genus: Acanthocardia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4].
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author.
name published in: Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp.
name published in: Monterosato, T. A. di. (1872). Notizie intorno alle conchiglie mediterranee. Michele Amenta, Palermo, 61 pp. [October 2nd, 1872].
name published in year: 1789-1792
name published in year: 1819
name published in year: 1786
name published in year: 1872
order: Cardiida
parent name usage ID: 137732
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: ([Lightfoot], 1786)
specific epithet: spinosa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted