Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS) - Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acanthocardia aculeata

AphiaID

138990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138990)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851

Original name

Cardium aculeatum Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cardium aculcatum Aradas & Benoit, 1872 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Cardium aculeatum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cardium aculeatum var. alba Monterosato, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium aculeatum var. depressa J. T. Marshall, 1893 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium depressum Deshayes,...)

non Cardium depressum Deshayes, 1838

Cardium spinosum J. Sowerby, 1804 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium spinosum Lightfoot,...)

non Cardium spinosum Lightfoot, 1786

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Cardium aculeatum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 824, erratum [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Note ‘in O. Europaeo australi’ [South...

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Type locality ‘in O. Europaeo australi’ [South Europe] [details]

Type material Linnean Society of London A-F 0010001, syntypes [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138990 on 2025-03-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-01-20 12:38:52Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2012-01-22 13:13:51Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2014-11-11 15:10:15Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cardium spinosum J. Sowerby, 1804) Sowerby, J. (1804-1806). The British Miscellany: or coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects; many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the British Isles; and chiefly in the possession of the author: i-vi, 1-137, 1-31, pls. 1-76. London.
page(s): 65, pl. 32 [details]

original description (of Cardium aculcatum Aradas & Benoit, 1872) Aradas A. & Benoit L. (1872-1876 ["1870"]). Conchigliologia vivente marina della Sicilia e delle isole che la circondano. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali. ser. 3, 6: 1-113, pls 1-2 [1872]; 113-226, pls 3-4 [1874]; 227-324, pl. 5 [1876]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43283
page(s): 72 [details]

original description (of Cardium aculeatum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 824, erratum [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cardium aculeatum var. depressa J. T. Marshall, 1893) Marshall, J. T. (1893-1894). Additions to 'British Conchology' [Part 1]. Journal of Conchology. 7: 241-265 [October 1893], 379-385 [April 1894]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573735
page(s): 246 [details]

original description (of Cardium aculeatum var. alba Monterosato, 1872) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1872). Notizie intorno alle conchiglie mediterranee. Michele Amenta, Palermo, 61 pp. [October 2nd, 1872]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34578233
page(s): 22 [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 164 [details]

Other

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

additional source Voskuil, R. P. A.; Onverwagt, W. J. H. (1989). Inventarisation of the recent European and West African Cardiidae. Gloria Maris. 28 (4-5): 49-96. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Classification Often credited to Linnaeus (1767) but the name is validly introduced in an erratum, p. 824, of Linnaeus (1758) "p. 679 line 62, muricatum read aculeatum", this because there is another Cardium muricatum (still in current use) on p. 680. [details]

Length 50-78 mm [details]

Type locality ‘in O. Europaeo australi’ [South Europe] [details]

Type material Linnean Society of London A-F 0010001, syntypes [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	grote hartschelp	[details]
English	spiny cockle	[details]
French	coque épineusebucarde épineusebucarde aiguillonnée	[details]
German	Stachelige Herzmuschelgroße Herzmuschel	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Αγκαθομεθύστρα	[details]