Genus Corculum Röding, 1798
Little Hearts, True Heart Mussel
Compiler and date details
2011 - Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi, generic information
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Corculum Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [188].
Type species:
Cardium cardissa Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation. - Cardissa Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 [objective synonym; Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin, 5(1): 52].
Type species:
Cardissa alba Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 by monotypy. - Hemicardia Fleming, 1818 [objective synonym; Supplement to Encyclopaedia Britannica, 3(1): 304].
Type species:
Cardium cardissa Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy. - Hemicardium Schweigger, 1820 [objective synonym; Handbuch der Naturgeschichte der skelettlosen ungegliederten Thiere: 707].
Type species:
Cardium cardissa Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific.
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
General References
Bartsch, P. 1947. The little hearts (Corculum) of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Pacific Science 1(no. 4): 221-226 [221]
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 [450]
Keen, A.M. 1980. The pelecypod family Cardiidae: a taxonomic summary. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 1 16: 1-40 [1]
Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N588]
Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [121]
Severin K.P. & Cooper, J.H. 1989. Notes on the natural history of Corculum, the Heart Cockle, at Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Science in New Guinea 2 15: 64-77 [64]
Common Name References
Bartsch, P. 1947. The little hearts (Corculum) of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Pacific Science 1(no. 4): 221-226 [221] (Little Hearts)
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [185] (True Heart Mussel)
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 | 13-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) |
| 11-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED |