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Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791)

Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791) Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia among seagrass Cymodocea, 28.05.2009), actual size 9.3 mm and 3.6 mm
Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia among seagrass Cymodocea, 28.05.2009), actual size 9.3 mm and 3.6 mm

139008  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139008)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cardiida (Order)
  10. Cardioidea (Superfamily)
  11. Cardiidae (Family)
  12. Lymnocardiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Parvicardiini (Tribe)
  14. Parvicardium (Genus)
  15. Parvicardium exiguum (Species)
accepted
Species
Cardium aquilinum Mittre, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium exiguum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium exiguum var. hirta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium exiguum var. subquadrata Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium subquadratum Evans &...)  
non Cardium subquadratum Evans & Shumard, 1857
Cardium exile Dunker, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium helleri Brusina, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium parvum R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Cardium parvum...)  
junior homonym of Cardium parvum Da Costa, 1778, C. parvum Mawe, 1823, and C. parvum G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Cardium pygmaeum Donovan, 1800 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerastoderma exiguum (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium exiguum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3255 [details] 
Note Unknown, Not traced  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Unknown [details]
Type material Not traced [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139008 on 2025-07-15
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2009-01-27 08:15:44Z
changed
ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2014-08-02 07:22:37Z
changed
ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cardium exiguum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3255 [details] 

original description (of Cardium pygmaeum Donovan, 1800) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386
page(s): vol. 1; pl. 32 fig. 3 [details] 

original description (of Cardium parvum R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 39; pl. 14 fig. 17 [details] 

original description (of Cardium exiguum var. commutata 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): 282-283; pl. 45 fig. 9-12 [details] 

original description (of Cardium exile Dunker, 1861) Dunker, W. (1861). Beschreibung neuer Mollusken. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 8 (2): 35-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919848
page(s): 35-36 [details] 

original description (of Cardium helleri Brusina, 1865) Brusina, S. (1865). Conchiglie dalmate inedite. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 15: 3-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16400444
page(s): 36 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cardium exiguum var. hirta 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): 282, pl. 45 figs 7-8 [details] 

original description (of Cardium exiguum var. subquadrata Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 279 [details] 

original description (of Cardium aquilinum Mittre, 1842) Mittre, H. (1842). Description de quatre coquilles nouvelles. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie.</em> (2) 18: 188-191. Paris.
page(s): 191 [details] 

original description (of Cardium exiguum var. albina 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): 283 [details] 

original description (of Cardium exiguum var. flavida 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): 283 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 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): 116 [details] 

Other

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] 

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Length 10-20 mm [details]

Type locality Unknown [details]

Type material Not traced [details]
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Danish brakvandshjertemusling  [details]
Dutch scheve kokkelscheve hartschelp  [details]
English little cockle  [details]
German kleine HerzmuschelDreieckige Herzmuschel  [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cerastoderma exiguum (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (189 publications) (from synonym Cardium exiguum Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Cardium parvum R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To Conchology (Parvicardium exiguum ORANGE) 
To Conchology (Parvicardium exiguum ORANGE) 
To Conchology (Parvicardium exiguum) 
To Conchology (Parvicardium exiguum) 
To Conchology (Parvicardium exiguum) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parvicardium exiguum) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Cardium exiguum Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, between... 
To Malacopics (Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791) France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Aude, Etang de Leu... 
To Malacopics (Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791)) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Cardium exiguum Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Cerastoderma exiguum (Gmelin, 1791))
To PESI (from synonym Cardium pygmaeum Donovan, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium parvum R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium exiguum var. commutata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium helleri Brusina, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium exiguum var. subquadrata Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium aquilinum Mittre, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium exiguum var. albina Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium exiguum var. flavida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cardium exiguum Gmelin, 1791)
To ITIS
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Unreviewed
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