MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Acanthocardia spinosa ([Lightfoot], 1786)

ERMS taxon details

Acanthocardia spinosa ([Lightfoot], 1786)

Acanthocardia spinosa

AphiaID

138994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138994)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851

Original name

Cardium spinosum [Lightfoot], 1786

Synonymised names

Cardium erinaceum Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium erinaceus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (lapsus calami)

Cardium spinosum [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Cardium spinosum [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 105 [details]

Type data

Note ‘Mediterranean’ (Lightfoot, 1786: 105)

Type locality ‘Mediterranean’ (Lightfoot, 1786: 105) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia spinosa ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138994 on 2026-05-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Acanthocardia spinosa ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138994 on 2026-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-01-22 08:46:58Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-03-24 10:05:37Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-03-29 08:44:56Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2012-12-09 10:11:31Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

Licensing

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original description (of Cardium erinaceum Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]

original description (of Cardium spinosum [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 105 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 166 [details]

additional source 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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]