MolluscaBase - Cardissa spinosa Swainson, 1840

WoRMS name details

Cardissa spinosa Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

986935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:986935)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Cardium cardissa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Corculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cardissa Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Corculum Röding, 1798

Original name

Cardissa spinosa Swainson, 1840

Environment

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

Original description

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 373 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardissa spinosa Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986935 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-03-19 12:34:13Z

created

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2019-05-10 08:32:18Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2021-04-13 15:11:25Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-08-15 13:12:29Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 373 [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 228 [details]