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

Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parvicardium*	Monterosato, 1884	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cardium aquilinum*	Mittre, 1842	synonym
*Cardium exiguum*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Cardium exiguum var. albina*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium exiguum var. commutata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium exiguum var. flavida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium exiguum var. subquadrata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Cardium helleri*	Brusina, 1865	synonym
*Cardium parasitum*	Costa O.G., 1839	synonym
*Cardium parvum*	Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Cardium pygmaeum*	Donovan, 1800	synonym
*Cardium siculum*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1834	synonym
*Cardium stellatum*	Reeve, 1845	synonym
*Cardium subangulatum*	Scacchi, 1833	synonym
*Cerastoderma exiguum*		synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: brakvandshjertemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: scheve hartschelp; scheve kokkel sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59

German: kleine Herzmuschel

Literature

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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS)
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

ter Poorten, J.; Gofas, S. (2014). Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791). 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:139008