North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789)

Shells of brackish cockle

AphiaID

138999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138999)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cerastoderma Poli, 1795

Original name

Cardium glaucum Bruguière, 1789

Synonymised names

Cardium belticum Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium clodiense Brocchi, 1814 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule var. altior Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule var. libenicense Brusina, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule var. mareotica Pallary, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule var. nuciformis Milaschewitsch, 1916 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium nuciforme A....)

non Cardium nuciforme A. d’Orbigny, 1850

Cardium edule var. paludosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule var. quadrata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium eichwaldi Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cardium elongatum Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium elongatum Bruguière,...)

non Cardium elongatum Bruguière, 1789

Cardium fragile Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium fragile Forsskål in...)

non Cardium fragile Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775

Cardium glaucum Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cardium glaucum Poiret, 1789 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium glaucum Bruguière,...)

non Cardium glaucum Bruguière, 1789

Cardium glaucum marsi F. Nordsieck, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium glaucum var. crassa Coen, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cardium glaucum var. rectidens Coen, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium glaucum var. syrthica Coen, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cardium isthmicum Issel, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium lamarcki Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Cardium lamarckii Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cardium ovale G. B. Sowerby II, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium umbonatum S. V. Wood, 1853 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium umbonatum J. Sowerby,...)

non Cardium umbonatum J. Sowerby, 1817

Cerastoderma glaucum (Poiret, 1789) · unaccepted (Bruguière and Poiret both...)

Bruguière and Poiret both described the same species, using the same name, the same year / see Cardium glaucum

Cerastoderma lamarcki (Reeve, 1845) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Parvicardium ovale (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Cardium glaucum Bruguière, 1789) 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]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): vol. 1 p. 221-222 [details]

Type data

Note ‘Les côtes de la mer Méditerranée,...

Type locality ‘Les côtes de la mer Méditerranée, principalement sur celles du Languedoc [France, Languedoc-Roussillon]’ (Bruguière, 1789: 221) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789). 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=138999 on 2025-12-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138999 on 2025-12-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-01-29 18:43:01Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-03-25 10:45:05Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-03-29 08:44:56Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2014-06-05 07:29:59Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description (of Cardium ovale G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1840). Cardium. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 46-51, 149-150, 177-184 fig. 1-71. Catalogue and index, [1]-8 pp. [Parts 46-51, figs 1-31 ([1833?]-1834); Parts 149-150, figs 32-39 (1839); Parts 177-184, figs 40-71 (1840); Catalogue (exact date of publication unknown but probably issued with Part 184 in 1840)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432220
page(s): catalogue p. 2 [details]

original description (of Cardium lamarcki Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Cardium. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-22 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4 [3 undated], October 1844, pl. 5-8, November 1844; pl. 9-12, December 1844; pl. 13-16, January, 1845; pl. 17-22, March 1845]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937393 [details]

original description (of Cardium glaucum Bruguière, 1789) 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]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): vol. 1 p. 221-222 [details]

original description (of Cardium clodiense Brocchi, 1814) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo. pp. 1-56, I-LXXV, 1-240. Milano, Stamperia Reale., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697
page(s): 500, pl. 13 fig. 3 [details]

original description (of Cardium glaucum Poiret, 1789) Poiret, J. L. M. (1789). Voyage en Barbarie, ou Lettres écrites de l'ancienne Numidie pendant les années 1785 & 1786, sur la religion, les coutumes & les murs des Maures & des Arabes-Bédouins; avec un essai sur l'histoire naturelle de ce pays. Par M. l'abbé Poiret. Paris. [Coelenterata: vol. 2: 65-70] [molluscs: vol. II, pp 10-30]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97673
page(s): vol. 2, p. 13-15 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. altior 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): 293, pl. 47 fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. nuciformis Milaschewitsch, 1916) Milaschewitch, K.O. (1916). Molluscs of Russian seas. Vol. I. Molluscs of the Black and Azov seas. Faune de la Russie et des pays limitrophes, 312 p. [????????? ?.?. 1916. ???????? ??????? ?????. ???. I. ???????? ??????? ? ????????? ?????. ????? ?????? ? ???????????? ?????, 312 ?.]. [In Russian]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12116351
page(s): 257-259, pl. 7 figs 7-8 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. paludosa 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): 295, pl. 47 fig. 13 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. quadrata 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): 295, pl. 47 figs 14-17 [details]

original description (of Cardium eichwaldi Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Cardium. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-22 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4 [3 undated], October 1844, pl. 5-8, November 1844; pl. 9-12, December 1844; pl. 13-16, January, 1845; pl. 17-22, March 1845]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937393 [details]

original description (of Cardium elongatum 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): 82 [details]

original description (of Cardium isthmicum Issel, 1869) Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43995
page(s): 74, pl. IX, fig. 11 [details]

original description (of Cardium lamarckii Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Cardium. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-22 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4 [3 undated], October 1844, pl. 5-8, November 1844; pl. 9-12, December 1844; pl. 13-16, January, 1845; pl. 17-22, March 1845]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937393
page(s): sp. 93, pl. 18 fig. 93 [details]

original description (of Cardium belticum Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Cardium. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-22 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4 [3 undated], October 1844, pl. 5-8, November 1844; pl. 9-12, December 1844; pl. 13-16, January, 1845; pl. 17-22, March 1845]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937393
page(s): sp. 113, pl. 20 fig. 113 [details]

original description (of Cardium fragile Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Cardium. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-22 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4 [3 undated], October 1844, pl. 5-8, November 1844; pl. 9-12, December 1844; pl. 13-16, January, 1845; pl. 17-22, March 1845]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937393
page(s): pl. 20, species 108 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. libenicense Brusina, 1870) Brusina, S. (1870). Ipsa Chiereghinii Conchylia, ovvero contribuzione pella Malacologia Adriatica desunta dal manoscritto descrizione de' Crostacei, de' Testacei, e de' Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori dall Abate S. Chiereghini ... illustrata da S. Brusina. Pisa, Biblioteca Malacologica. 280 pp., available online at https://archive.org/stream/ipsachiereghini00chiegoog
page(s): 70 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. mareotica Pallary, 1912) Pallary, P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Égypte. Mémoires présentés à l'Institut d'Égypte. 7(3): 69-207, pls 15-18., available online at http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/meminstitutegyptien1914
page(s): 165, pl. 18 figs 3-4 [details]

original description (of Cardium glaucum var. crassa Coen, 1915) Coen G. (1915). Nota sui Cardium della sezione Cerastoderma.. Atti dell'Accademia Veneto-Trentino-Istriana 8: 54-62, pl. 1-4
page(s): 59 [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 138-141 [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]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

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]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 542-543 [details]

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Containing type locality

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Type locality ‘Les côtes de la mer Méditerranée, principalement sur celles du Languedoc [France, Languedoc-Roussillon]’ (Bruguière, 1789: 221) [details]

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