WoRMS taxon details
Lunulicardia J. E. Gray, 1853
205510 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205510)
accepted
Genus
Cardium retusum Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by monotypy)
Fragum (Lunulicardia) J. E. Gray, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Hemicardia Spengler, 1799 · unaccepted (invalidly proposed)
Opisocardium Bayle, 1879 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Species Lunulicardia auricula (Niebuhr, 1775)
- Species Lunulicardia hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Lunulicardia orlini Mienis, 2009
- Species Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Lunulicardia tumorifera (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Lunulicardia hemicardia [sic] accepted as Lunulicardia hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Lunulicardia subretusa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) accepted as Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
Nomenclature Opisocardium Bayle, 1879 is an unnecessary replacement name for Lunulicardia J. E. Gray, 1853, not "Lunulicardium"...
Nomenclature Opisocardium Bayle, 1879 is an unnecessary replacement name for Lunulicardia J. E. Gray, 1853, not "Lunulicardium" Münster, 1840 sensu F. Sandberger, 1846, but this a misspelling for Lunulacardium Münster, 1840 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lunulicardia J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205510 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Hemicardia Spengler, 1799) Spengler, L. (1799). Over det toskallede Slægt, Hiertemuslingen, <i>Cardium</i> Linnéi. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(1): 1-60, pl. 1., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN608227374_0005&DMDID=DMDLOG_0004
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Opisocardium Bayle, 1879) Bayle E. (1879). Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 27(1): 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15928081
page(s): 35 [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 181 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Hemicardia Spengler, 1799) Spengler, L. (1799). Over det toskallede Slægt, Hiertemuslingen, <i>Cardium</i> Linnéi. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(1): 1-60, pl. 1., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN608227374_0005&DMDID=DMDLOG_0004
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Opisocardium Bayle, 1879) Bayle E. (1879). Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 27(1): 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15928081
page(s): 35 [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 181 [details]
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Nomenclature Opisocardium Bayle, 1879 is an unnecessary replacement name for Lunulicardia J. E. Gray, 1853, not "Lunulicardium" Münster, 1840 sensu F. Sandberger, 1846, but this a misspelling for Lunulacardium Münster, 1840 [details]
