Species Corculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cardium cardissa Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [678, no. 59].
• Cardium productum Deshayes, G.P. 1855 [imprint 1854]. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 22 for 1854: 317-371 [Date published May 1855] [333].
• Cardium dionaeum Broderip, W.J. & Sowerby, G.B. 1829. Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained for the most part in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal London 4: 354-374 [367].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Corculum kirai Shikama, T. 1964. Selected shells of the world illustrated in colours. Tokyo : Hokuryu-Kan Vol. 2 pp. 1-212. [75, figs 137 (15, 16)].
• Cardium unimaculatum Broderip, W.J. & Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1833. Characters of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr Cuming. Genus Cardium. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833(1): 82-85 [84].

 

Generic Combinations

• Corculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Hylleberg, J. 2004. Lexical approach to Cardiacea. Records of taxa. Illustrated and annotated records of living and fossil shells, with emphasis on the families Cardiidae and Lymnocardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Part 2: A-M. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 30: 355-644 [422-423]
• Hemicardium dionaeum (Broderip & Sowerby, 1828). —
  Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [375] (new combination)
• Corculum dionaeum (Broderip & Sowerby, 1828). —
  Bartsch, P. 1947. The little hearts (Corculum) of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Pacific Science 1(no. 4): 221-226 [224, pl. 2, fig. 2] (combination cited)
• Corculum productum (Deshayes, 1854).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

1-22 m, byssally attached to coral fragments, in coral sand & dead coral rubble

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [319]

Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 258–339 [268] (as Cardium productum Deshayes, 1854)

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [299]

Hylleberg, J. 2004. Lexical approach to Cardiacea. Records of taxa. Illustrated and annotated records of living and fossil shells, with emphasis on the families Cardiidae and Lymnocardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Part 2: A-M. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 30: 355-644 [422-423]

Kirkendale, L. 2009. Their Day in the Sun: molecular phylogenetics and origin of photosymbiosis in the 'other' group of photosymbiotic marine bivalves (Cardiidae: Fraginae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 97: 448–465 (included in phylogeny)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 31, fig. 209] (as Corculum dionaeum)

Lamy, E. 1942. Notes sur les espèces Lamarckiennes de Cardium. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 3 14(2nd series): 228-232 [232]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [160]

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Cardium. pls 13-22 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 21, fig. 114] (as Cardium unimaculatum; pl. 21, fig. 122 as Cardium dionaeum)

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [186, pl. 26, fig. 17]

ter Poorten, J.J. & Rosenberg, G. 2014. Corculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216387 (Accessed on 2015-01-27)

 

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Cardium. pls 1-12, 13-22 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl.3] (Little Heart Cockle)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	CARDIIDAE	08-Aug-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		12-Apr-2011	MODIFIED