Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Cardioidea > Family Cardiidae > Subfamily Cardiinae > Genus Acanthocardia

Acanthocardia spinosa (Lightfoot, 1786)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acanthocardia*	J.E. Gray, 1851	accepted genus name
*Acanthocardia (Rudicardium)*	Coen, 1915	synonym

Species group names

*Cardium erinaceus*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Cardium spinosum*	Lightfoot, 1786	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Αχινομεθύστρα

Literature

original description	Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co.. London. viii + 194 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS)

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

ter Poorten, J.; Gofas, S. (2014). Acanthocardia spinosa (Lightfoot, 1786). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138994