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Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758

152921 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152921)

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  14. Cardium edule
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
Cerastoderma Poli, 1795
Cardium Linnaeus, 1758

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  1. Variety Cardium edule var. altior Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 accepted as Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguičre, 1789) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Variety Cardium edule var. batesoni Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 accepted as Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Variety Cardium edule var. libenicense Brusina, 1870 accepted as Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguičre, 1789) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Variety Cardium edule var. loppensi Mars, 1951 accepted as Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Variety Cardium edule var. maculata Dautzenberg, 1890 accepted as Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Invalid: junior homonym of Cardium maculatum Gmelin, 1791)
  6. Variety Cardium edule var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 accepted as Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Variety Cardium edule var. mareotica Pallary, 1912 accepted as Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguičre, 1789) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Variety Cardium edule var. nuciformis Milaschewitsch, 1916 accepted as Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguičre, 1789) (unaccepted > junior homonym, non Cardium nuciforme A. d’Orbigny, 1850)
  9. Variety Cardium edule var. paludosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 accepted as Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguičre, 1789) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Variety Cardium edule var. quadrata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 accepted as Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguičre, 1789) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Variety Cardium edule var. regularis Pallary, 1900 accepted as Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
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
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758. 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=152921 on 2026-09-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=152921 on 2026-09-02
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2005-04-14 07:47:17Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2012-10-07 05:52:50Z
checked
ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2022-09-09 06:09:10Z
changed
ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2024-08-23 10:40:12Z
changed
ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 48; note: Issel lists variety rustica Chemnitz which is unavailable. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Martens, E. von. (1879). Eine eigenthümliche Missbildung von <i>Cardium edule</i>. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1879: 24 [20 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795560 [details] 
 
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