Species Vasticardium flavum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Flavum Heart Cockle
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Cardium fucatum Spengler, K. 1799. Over den toskallede Slaegt Cardium. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. Kjøbenhavn 5(1): 1-60 [30].
- Cardium fimbriatum Wood, W. 1815. General Conchology; or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean Society. London : J. Booth Vol. 1 246 pp. [234, pl. 56, fig. 4,5].
- Cardium gratiosum 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] [331].
- Cardium tumidum 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] [331].
- Trachycardium peregrinum Jousseaume, F. 1888. Description des Mollusques Recueillis par M. Le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe D'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 1(42): 166-223 [212].
Generic Combinations
- Regozara flava (Linnaeus, 1758). —
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. [316] (New combination) - Acrosterigma flava (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [15] (New combination) - Trachycardium flavum (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [125] - Acrosterigma gratiosa (Deshayes, 1854). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 29, fig. 191]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Vasticardium nigropunctatum Habe & Kosuge, 1966 [misidentification]. —
Garrard, T.A. 1966. New species of Mollusca from Eastern Australia (Part 2) with notes on some known species. Journal of Malacological Society of Australia 10: 3-12 [4, pl. 1, figs 9a, b]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical Indo-West Pacific
IMCRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
In sandy mud, intertidal, marine, rubble, sand, sandy bottom, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 10m depth.
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. [316, pl. 34, fig. 4] (as Regozara flava)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [15, pl. 11]
Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [240, fig. 255] (as Vasticardium flavum)
Cotton, B.C. 1964. Molluscs of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4 (Zoology): 9–43 [11, pl. 3, figs 10, 11] (as Regozara flava)
Garrard, T.A. 1966. New species of Mollusca from Eastern Australia (Part 2) with notes on some known species. Journal of Malacological Society of Australia 10: 3-12 [4, pl. 1, figs 9a, b] (as Vasticardium nigropunctatum)
Habe, T. & Kosuge, S. 1966. New genera and species of the tropical and subtropical Pacific molluscs. Venus 24(4): 312-341 [340, pl. 29, fig. 16] (as Vasticardium nigropunctatum)
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. [294, CD: line 9836] (does not mention Australian distribution)
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 [128]
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 [514-516]
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [62, fig. 193] (fig. 191 as Acrosterigma gratiosa)
Lamy, E. 1942. Notes sur les espèces Lamarkiennes de Cardium (Moll. Lamellibr.). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 1 14: 63-68 [64] (as C. rugosum)
McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [36, fig. 48] (as Regozara flava)
Nielsen, C. 1976. Checklist of bivalves from PMBC beach and reef flat, Phuket, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 9: 3-7 [6]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [125] (pl.23; placed in genus Trachycardium)
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [125]
Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [274] (as Cardium (Trachycardium) flavum)
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. 14, fig. 68] (as C. rugosum)
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [181, pl. 26, fig. 9] (as Regozara flava)
Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. II. Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 7): 202 pp., 30 pls [91, pl. 14, figs 1a-c] (as C. flavum)
ter Poorten, J. 2014. Vasticardium flavum (Linnaeus, 1758). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381334 (Accessed on 2015-02-04)
Ter Poorten, J.J. 1997. Acrosterigma sewelli (Prashad, 1932), a valid species from the central Indo-Pacific, compared with Acrosterigma flava (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Basteria 61: 33-39 [37]
Valentich-Scott, P. 2003. A taxonomic, distributional and bibliographic checklist on Hong Kong marine bivalve molluscs and research published on them from 1971-2000. pp. 259-310 in Morton, B. (ed). Perspectives on Marine Enivornmental Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001: Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong, October 2001 (Hong Kong Culture and Society). USA : University of Wasington Press. [284]
Vidal, J. 1997. Taxonomic Review of the Indo-Pacific Vasticardium flavum species group (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Zoosystema 19(2-3): 233-253
Vidal, J. 1999. Taxonomic Review of the elongated cockles: genera Trachycardium, Vasticardium and Acrosterigma (Mollusca, Cardiidae). Zoosystema 21(2): 259-335, 20 figs [269]
Common Name References
McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [36] (Flavum 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 | 14-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 12-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED |