North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851

Acanthocardia aculeata

AphiaID

137732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137732)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cardium aculeatum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Acanthocardiini Kafanov & Starobogatov, 1977

Parent

Acanthocardiini Kafanov & Starobogatov, 1977

Original name

Cardium (Acanthocardia) J. E. Gray, 1851

Synonymised names

Acanthocardia (Rudicardium) Coen, 1915 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Cardium (Acanthocardium) Römer, 1868 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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Species Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthocardia deshayesii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Species Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Species Acanthocardia spinosa ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Species Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Acanthocardia (Rudicardium) Coen, 1915 accepted as Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Acanthocardia (Rudicardium) tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acanthocardia mucronata (Poli, 1791) accepted as Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of ) Gray, J. E. (1851). List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII, Molluscas Acephala and Brachiopoda. London, Taylor, 167 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50474169
page(s): 23 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137732 on 2026-06-23

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137732 on 2026-06-23

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2009-01-20 12:38:52Z

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2009-02-01 10:41:42Z

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-03-29 08:44:56Z

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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Gofas, Serge

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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Bouchet, Philippe

2021-03-28 07:17:40Z

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ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2023-10-29 10:29:17Z

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Herbert, David

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original description (of ) Gray, J. E. (1851). List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII, Molluscas Acephala and Brachiopoda. London, Taylor, 167 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50474169
page(s): 23 [details]

original description (of Cardium (Acanthocardium) Römer, 1868) Römer, E. (1868-1869). Die Familie der Herzmuscheln, Cardiacea. In: Küster, H.C., Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt, 10 (2): 1-124, pls 1-14. Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe) [p. 1-24, pls 1-7, 1868; 25-124, pls 8-14, 1869].
page(s): 17 [details]

basis of record 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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 113 [details]

additional source La Perna, R.; D'Abramo, M. (2013). Systematics of the Acanthocardia paucicostata group in the Mediterranean Plio-Pleistocene, with description of a new species (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Journal of Conchology. 41(4): 481-492. [details] Available for editors

additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 220 [details]