Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Glossoidea > Family Glossidae > Genus Glossus

Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Glossus*	Poli, 1795	accepted genus name
*Bucardia*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Isocardia*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym

Species group names

*Bucardia communis*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Bucardium commune*	Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811	synonym
*Cardium humanum*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Chama cor*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym
*Glossus rubicundus*	Poli, 1795	synonym
*Isocardia cor*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym
*Isocardia cor var. valentiana*	Pallary, 1903	synonym
*Isocardia globosa*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Isocardia hibernica*	Reeve, 1845	synonym
*Isocardia lunulata*	Nyst, 1835	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: midhja e madhe zemër sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

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

Dutch: ossenhartschelp sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

English: heart cockle sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

English-United States: Heart Cockle sources: Charles Hussey

German: Menschenherz; Ochsenherz sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

Greek: Καρδιά

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	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	Owen G. (1953). On the biology of Glossus humanus (L.° (Isocardia cor Lam.). Journal of the marine biological association of the U.K. 32: 85-106
additional source	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: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140023