MSBIAS taxon details
Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791)
139004 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139004)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3254 [details]
page(s): 3254 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139004 on 2026-04-25
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139004 on 2026-04-25
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original description
(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3254 [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): 378 [details]
additional source Nolf, F. & Hubrecht, S. (2025). The <i>Laevicardium</i> species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Cardiidae) in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: an ongoing story of taxonomic confusion. <em>Neptunea.</em> 18 (1): 1-38. [details]
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]
page(s): 3254 [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): 378 [details]
additional source Nolf, F. & Hubrecht, S. (2025). The <i>Laevicardium</i> species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Cardiidae) in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: an ongoing story of taxonomic confusion. <em>Neptunea.</em> 18 (1): 1-38. [details]
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]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Norway cockle | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Conchology (Laevicardium crassum)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laevicardium crassum)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) Greece, Attiki, Aegina, Moni Island, at 3 m dept...
To Malacopics (Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Den Haag, Scheveninge...
To Malacopics (Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) Portugal, Faro, Cabanas de Tavira, beached, coll...
To Malacopics (Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Conchology (Laevicardium crassum)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laevicardium crassum)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) Greece, Attiki, Aegina, Moni Island, at 3 m dept...
To Malacopics (Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Den Haag, Scheveninge...
To Malacopics (Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) Portugal, Faro, Cabanas de Tavira, beached, coll...
To Malacopics (Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS