BeRMS taxon details
Cardium Linnaeus, 1758
137734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137734)
accepted
Genus
- Species Cardium crassum Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
- Species Cardium echinatum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cardium glaucum Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789) (original combination)
- Species Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
neuter
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cardium Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137734 on 2026-10-11
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Cardium Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137734 on 2026-10-11
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 301, 330 [details]
additional source Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
subsequent type designation Children J. G. (1822-1823). Lamarck's genera of shells. <i>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts (London)</i>, 14(27): 64-87, pl. 3-4 [ottobre 1822]; 14(28): 298-322, pl. 5-6 [gennaio 1823]; 15(29): 23-52, pl. 2-3 [aprile 1823]; 15(30): 216-258, pl. 7-8 [luglio 1823]; 16 (31): 49-79, pl. 5 [ottobre 1823]; 16 (32): 241-264, pl. 6 [dicembre 1823]. [Vedi anche Kennard, Salisbury & Woodward, 1931], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14496865
page(s): 315 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 301, 330 [details]
additional source Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
subsequent type designation Children J. G. (1822-1823). Lamarck's genera of shells. <i>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts (London)</i>, 14(27): 64-87, pl. 3-4 [ottobre 1822]; 14(28): 298-322, pl. 5-6 [gennaio 1823]; 15(29): 23-52, pl. 2-3 [aprile 1823]; 15(30): 216-258, pl. 7-8 [luglio 1823]; 16 (31): 49-79, pl. 5 [ottobre 1823]; 16 (32): 241-264, pl. 6 [dicembre 1823]. [Vedi anche Kennard, Salisbury & Woodward, 1931], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14496865
page(s): 315 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒガノコザル | [details] |
