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Glossus Poli, 1795
138034 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138034)
accepted
Genus
Glossus rubicundus Poli, 1795 accepted as Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Bucardia Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
Buccardium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)
Glossus (Aralocardia) Vialov, 1937 † · alternative representation
Isocardia Lamarck, 1799 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Isocardia (Aralocardia) Vialov, 1937 † · unaccepted
Isocardia (Isocardia) Lamarck, 1799 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Isocardium [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Glossus abichianus (Romanovsky, 1890) †
- Species Glossus chargehensis (Mayer-Eymar, 1897) †
- Species Glossus conradi (Gabb, 1860) †
- Species Glossus eichwaldianus (Romanovsky, 1890) †
- Species Glossus gigantaeus (Ovechkin, 1954) †
- Species Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Glossus lunulatus (Nyst, 1835) †
- Species Glossus major (Hölzl, 1958) †
- Species Glossus mayeri (Oppenheim, 1903) †
- Species Glossus neocomiensis (Agassiz, 1842) †
- Species Glossus olearii (O. Semper, 1861) †
- Species Glossus subtransversus (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) †
- Species Glossus filosus Conrad, 1854 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subgenus Glossus (Meiocardia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 accepted as Meiocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Glossus (Meiocardia) susukii Squires & Advocate, 1986 † accepted as Meiocardia susukii (Squires & Advocate, 1986) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Glossus cor (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Glossus lamarckii (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Meiocardia moltkiana (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Glossus rubicundus Poli, 1795 accepted as Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Glossus vulgaris (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Meiocardia vulgaris (Reeve, 1845)
- Subgenus Glossus (Aralocardia) Vialov, 1937 † represented as Glossus Poli, 1795
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Glossus Poli, 1795. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138034 on 2026-07-24
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original description
Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644 [details]
original description (of Buccardium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 52 [details]
original description (of Bucardia Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
original description (of Isocardia Lamarck, 1799) Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Isocardia (Aralocardia) Vialov, 1937 †) Vialov O.S. (1937). Заметка о палеогене Таджикской депрессии [= A note of Paleogene of the Tadjik depression]. <em>Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS,.</em> 17(3): 131-134.
page(s): 132 [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]
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Nicol D. (1951). Recent species of the cyrenoid pelecypod <i>Glossus</i>. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 41(4): 142-146. [details]
original description (of Buccardium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 52 [details]
original description (of Bucardia Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
original description (of Isocardia Lamarck, 1799) Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Isocardia (Aralocardia) Vialov, 1937 †) Vialov O.S. (1937). Заметка о палеогене Таджикской депрессии [= A note of Paleogene of the Tadjik depression]. <em>Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS,.</em> 17(3): 131-134.
page(s): 132 [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]
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nicol D. (1951). Recent species of the cyrenoid pelecypod <i>Glossus</i>. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 41(4): 142-146. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Glossus)
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To NHMUK collection (Isocardia Lamarck, 1799; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8109849) (from synonym Isocardia Lamarck, 1799)
To Genbank
To NHMUK collection (Isocardia Lamarck, 1799; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8109849) (from synonym Isocardia Lamarck, 1799)
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