WoRMS name details
Ctenocardia media (Linnaeus, 1758)
381481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381481)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium medium Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 678 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 678 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ctenocardia media (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381481 on 2026-05-25
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Nomenclature
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(of Cardium medium Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 678 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record ter Poorten, J. J. (2005). Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). <em>VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS).</em> , available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]
page(s): 678 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record ter Poorten, J. J. (2005). Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). <em>VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS).</em> , available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Length L 30-55 mm [details]
