MolluscaBase taxon details
Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
381280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381280)
accepted
Species
Cardium (Trachycardium) muricatum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cardium campechiense Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium gossei Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardium lima Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium lima Schröter, 1786; nec...)
non Cardium lima Schröter, 1786; nec Lamarck, 1805
Cardium muricatum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trachycardium lima (Reeve, 1845) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cardium muricatum 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): 679 [err.], 680 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 679 [err.], 680 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381280 on 2026-07-06
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original description
(of Cardium muricatum 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): 679 [err.], 680 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cardium campechiense Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 191, no. 407 [details]
original description (of Cardium lima Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus <i>Cardium</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 2, pl. 1-22 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4 [3 undated], October 1844, pl. 5-8, November 1844; pl. 9-12, December 1844; pl. 13-16, January, 1845; pl. 17-22, March 1845]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937393
page(s): sp. 74, pl. 15, fig. 74 [details]
original description (of Cardium gossei Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744
page(s): 330 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 536 [details]
additional source Signorelli, J. H., Leme da Fonseca, M., Scarabino, F. & Dias Passos, F. (2019). The genus <i>Dallocardia</i> (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Cardiidae) in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49: 2753-2773., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-01004-3
page(s): 2755, fig. 2a-j, 3a-c, 4a-b [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 679 [err.], 680 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cardium campechiense Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 191, no. 407 [details]
original description (of Cardium lima Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus <i>Cardium</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 2, pl. 1-22 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4 [3 undated], October 1844, pl. 5-8, November 1844; pl. 9-12, December 1844; pl. 13-16, January, 1845; pl. 17-22, March 1845]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937393
page(s): sp. 74, pl. 15, fig. 74 [details]
original description (of Cardium gossei Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744
page(s): 330 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 536 [details]
additional source Signorelli, J. H., Leme da Fonseca, M., Scarabino, F. & Dias Passos, F. (2019). The genus <i>Dallocardia</i> (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Cardiidae) in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49: 2753-2773., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-01004-3
page(s): 2755, fig. 2a-j, 3a-c, 4a-b [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality ‘Campechiensem’ [Mexico, Gulf of Campeche] [details]Type material Linnean Society of London G-M 0010290 (Dance label), possible syntypes.
http://www.linnean-online.org/16921/ [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Dallocardia muricata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dallocardia muricata)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Cardium muricatum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) Panama, sandy mud bottom, by fishing, collect...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cardium muricatum Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Dallocardia muricata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dallocardia muricata)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Cardium muricatum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) Panama, sandy mud bottom, by fishing, collect...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cardium muricatum Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758))
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