North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1831)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 54147)

AphiaID

156782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156782)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Laevicardium Swainson, 1840

Original name

Cardium mortoni Conrad, 1831

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Conrad, T. A. (1831). Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6(2): 256-268, plate 11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677674
page(s): 259-260, pl. 11 figs 5-7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1831). 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=156782 on 2026-06-30

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1831). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156782 on 2026-06-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-19 14:10:07Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-01-28 08:43:24Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2014-11-25 08:44:50Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2022-09-02 12:41:47Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description (of ) Conrad, T. A. (1831). Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6(2): 256-268, plate 11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677674
page(s): 259-260, pl. 11 figs 5-7 [details]

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 390 [details]

additional source Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors

additional source Baker, E. B. & Merrill, A. S. (1965). An observation of Laevicardium mortoni actually swimming. The Nautilus. 78(3): 104., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521409 [details]