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Cardium costatum Linnaeus, 1758

224543  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224543)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cardiida (Order)
  10. Cardioidea (Superfamily)
  11. Cardiidae (Family)
  12. Cardiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Cardium (Genus)
  14. Cardium costatum (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 678 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Note Not designated (‘in M. Africano’:...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Not designated (‘in M. Africano’: Linnaeus, 1767: 1121) [details]
Type material Linnean Society of London A-F 0020132, lectotype [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardium costatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224543 on 2025-09-10
Date
action
by
2006-03-16 08:22:30Z
created
Nsiangango, Silvi Edith
2006-04-06 06:36:28Z
changed
Vandepitte, Leen
2009-01-22 08:46:58Z
changed
ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2012-12-09 10:11:31Z
changed
ter Poorten, Jan Johan

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 678 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 330; note: lectotype figured (pl. 133 figs 4A-B) [details] 

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 512-513 [details] 

subsequent type designation Poorten, J.J. ter, 2007 [November 3]. Notes on the identity of <i>Cardium costatum</i> Linnaeus, 1758, with the description of <i>Cardium maxicostatum</i> spec. nov. from tropical West Africa (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). <i>Basteria</i> 71 (1-3): 57-70.
note: lectotype designation [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Length L 80-110 mm (adult) [details]

Type locality Not designated (‘in M. Africano’: Linnaeus, 1767: 1121) [details]

Type material Linnean Society of London A-F 0020132, lectotype [details]

Unreviewed
authority Bernard wrote Linné, 1758 [details]
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English great ribbed cockle  [details]
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