WoRMS name details
Isocardiidae J. E. Gray, 1840
1784793 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1784793)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Family
Isocardia Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Glossus Poli, 1795 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 41, 46 [details]
page(s): 41, 46 [details]
Nomenclature Gray did not give reasons for establishing the name Glossidae, but he treated Isocardia Lamarck, 1799, as a synonym of...
Nomenclature Gray did not give reasons for establishing the name Glossidae, but he treated Isocardia Lamarck, 1799, as a synonym of Glossus, and Glossidae can be considered
a substitute name for Isocardiidae. Glossidae is in prevailing usage and it is conserved under Art. 40.2, with the priority of Isocardiidae (1840) [details]
a substitute name for Isocardiidae. Glossidae is in prevailing usage and it is conserved under Art. 40.2, with the priority of Isocardiidae (1840) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Isocardiidae J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1784793 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672
page(s): 41, 46 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 41, 46 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 147 [details]
Taxonomy
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Gray did not give reasons for establishing the name Glossidae, but he treated Isocardia Lamarck, 1799, as a synonym of Glossus, and Glossidae can be considereda substitute name for Isocardiidae. Glossidae is in prevailing usage and it is conserved under Art. 40.2, with the priority of Isocardiidae (1840) [details]
