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Family CARDIIDAE Lamarck, 1809

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Family CARDIIDAE Lamarck, 1809

Heart Cockles


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

CARDIIDAE: Cardium mundum Reeve, 1845 [see Fragum mundum (Reeve, 1845)] — 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. 22, fig. 125] (type data: Status unknown, Lord Hood's Island)

CARDIIDAE: Fragum mundum Reeve, 1845 [misidentification; was listed from QLD]

CARDIIDAE: Frigidocardium exasperatum (Sowerby, 1841) [Australian records referred to Frigidocardium iris Huber & Poorten, 2007] — Huber, M. & J.J. ter Poorten 2007. Frigidocardium iris n. sp., a striking species from the Central Indo-Pacific, compared with Frigidocardium exasperatum (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Visaya 2(2): 104-111 (type locality of Frigidocardium exasperatum (Sowerby, 1841 ) has been corrected from Swan River to Taiwan, and it does not occur in Australia)

CARDIIDAE: Plagiocardium Cossman, 1866 [Australian material recorded as Maoricardium] — Voskuil, R.P.A. & Onverwagt, W.J.H. 1991. Studies on Cardiidae. 3. The recent species of Maoricardium Marwick, 1944, with description of a new species. Basteria 55(1-3): 25-33 [25]

 

General References

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [128]

Hylleberg, J. 1994. Indo-Pacific cockles (Bivalvia:Cardiidae). Part 1. Generic diagnoses and an overview of species with mention of taxonomic problems encountered in Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 13: 113-136 [119]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 28]

Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R. 2008. Seashells of southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions. Princeton & Oxford : Princeton University Press 503 pp. [288-293]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [117-127]

Poutiers, J.-M. 2006. Two new species of protocardiine cockles (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cardiidae) from the tropical Southwest Pacific. Zoosystema 28(3): 635-654

Schneider, J.A. 1995. Phylogeny of the Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia): Protocardiinae, Laevicardiinae, Lahilliinae, Tulongocardiinae subfam. n. and Pleuriocardiinae subfam. n. Zoologica Scripta 24(4): 321-346

Schneider, J.A. 1998. Phylogeny of the Cardiidae (Bivalvia): Phylogenetic relationships and morphological evolution within the subfamilies Clinocardiinae, Lymnocardiinae, Fraginae and Tridacninae. Malacologia 40(1-2): 321-373

Schneider, J.A. 2001. Evolution and phylogenetic significance of cardioidean shell microstructure (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Journal of Paleontology 75(3): 607-643

Taylor, J.D., Williams, S.T., Glover, E.A. & Dyal, P. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of heterodont bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Heterodonta): new analyses of 18S and 28S rRNA genes. Zoologica Scripta 36(6): 587-606

Vidal, J. 2000. Classification of Cardiidae. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 21(3): 639-644

Vidal, J. 2001. Siphons and associated tentacles including eyes of Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 25(2): 405-410

Vidal, J. & Kirkendale, L. 2007. Ten new species of Cardiidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from New Caledonia and the tropical western Pacific. Zoosystema 29(1): 83-107

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024 IMPARIDENTIA Bieler et al., 2014 11-Apr-2024 MODIFIED
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)
23-Apr-2018 BIVALVIA 11-Apr-2024 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Oct-2014 BIVALVIA 11-Apr-2024 MODIFIED ABRS
11-Aug-2014 11-Aug-2014 MOVED
11-Aug-2014 11-Apr-2024 MODIFIED
24-Feb-2014 CARDIIDAE 11-Apr-2024 MODIFIED Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Apr-2011 MODIFIED