All Species
253 Species in Family Cardiidae
Nominal species list for Cardiidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758) Spiny cockle
Acanthocardia deshayesii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Acanthocardia echinata (Linneaus, 1758) European prickly cockle
Acanthocardia mucronata (Poli, 1795)
Acanthocardia paucicostata (Sowerby II, 1841) Poorly ribbed cockle
Acanthocardia spinosa (Solander, 1786) Sand cockle
Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Moroccan cockles
Acrosterigma dianthinum (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
Acrosterigma elongatum (Bruguiére, 1789)
Acrosterigma fultoni (Sowerby, 1916)
Acrosterigma hobbsae Vidal, 1999
Acrosterigma impolitum (Sowerby, 1833)
Acrosterigma luteomarginata (Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1991)
Acrosterigma maculosum (Wood, 1815)
Acrosterigma magnum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acrosterigma marielae Wilson & Stevenson, 1977
Acrosterigma mindanaense (Sowerby, 1896)
Acrosterigma profundum Vidal, 1999
Acrosterigma punctolineatum Healy & Lamprell, 1992
Acrosterigma reeveanum (Dunker, 1852)
Acrosterigma rosemariensis Wilson & Stevenson, 1977
Acrosterigma rugosum (Lamarck)
Acrosterigma selene Vidal, 1999
Acrosterigma seurati Vidal, 1999
Acrosterigma simplex (Spengler, 1799)
Acrosterigma sorenseni (Powell, 1967)
Acrosterigma transcendens (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
Acrosterigma triangulare Raines & Huber, 2012
Acrosterigma unicolor (Sowerby, 1834)
Acrosterigma zamboangaense ter Poorten & Hobbs, 2023
Acrosterigma capricorne Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
Acrosterigma cygnorum (Deshayes, 1855)
Acrosterigma dampierensis Wilson & Stevenson, 1977
Afrocardium carditaeforme (Reeve, 1845)
Afrocardium exochum (Melvill, 1906)
Afrocardium infantile (Nomura & Zinbo, 1834)
Afrocardium richardi (Audouin, 1826)
Americardia biangulata (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829) Western strawberry-cockle
Americardia media (Linnaeus, 1758) Atlantic strawberry-cockle
Cardium aculeatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cardium costatum Linnaeus, 1758 Costate cockle
Cardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1790) Diminutive cockle
Cardium indicum Lamarck, 1819
Cardium pavcicostatum unspecified
Cardium ringens Bruguière, 1789 Gaping cockle
Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) Common edible cockle
Cerastoderma elegantulum Beck, 1842 Elegant dwarf cockle
Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789) Olive green cockle
Cerastoderma lamarcki (Poiret, 1789)
Ciliatocardium ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) Hairy cockle
Clinocardium blandum (Gould, 1850) Low-rib cockle
Clinocardium buellowi (Rolle, 1896)
Clinocardium nuttallii (Conrad, 1837) Nuttall cockle
Corculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758) True heart cockle
Corculum dionaeum (Broderip & Sowerby, 1828)
Corculum impressum (Lightfoot, 1786)
Corculum monstrosum (Gmelin, 1791)
Corculum roseum (Gmelin, 1791)
Ctenocardia fornicata (Sowerby, 1840)
Ctenocardia guppyi (Thiele, 1910) Guppy strawberry-cockle
Ctenocardia gustavi Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
Ctenocardia lisae ter Poorten, 2023
Ctenocardia perornata (Iredale, 1929)
Ctenocardia symbolica (Iredale, 1929)
Ctenocardia translata (Prashad, 1932)
Ctenocardia virgo (Reeve, 1845)
Dinocardium robustum (Lightfoot, 1786) Giant Atlantic cockle
Discors aurantiacum (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Frigidocardium centumliratum (Mellvill, 1907)
Frigidocardium eos (Kuroda, 1929)
Frigidocardium exasperatum (Sowerby, 1841)
Frigidocardium helios ter Poorten & Poutiers, 2009
Frigidocardium iris Huber & Terpoorten, 2007
Fragum bannoi (Otsuka, 1937)
Fragum erugatum (Tate, 1889)
Fragum fragum (Linnaeus, 1758) White strawberry cockle
Fragum funafutiense Kirkendale, ter Poorten & Middelfart, 2021
Fragum grasi ter Poorten, 2009
Fragum hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758) Pacific half cockle
Fragum mundum (Reeve, 1845)
Fragum nivale (Reeve, 1845)
Fragum peronatum Iredale, 1929
Fragum scruposum (Deshayes, 1855)
Fragum sueziense (Issel, 1869)
Fragum unedo (Linnaeus, 1758) Pacific strawberry cockle
Freneixicardia victor (Angas, 1872)
Frigidocardium kiranum Sakurai & Habe, 1966
Frigidocardium sancticaroli ter Poorten & Poutiers, 2009
Frigidocardium thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921)
Frigidocardium torresi (Smith, 1885)
Frigidocardium valdentatum Poutiers, 2006
Fulvia aperta (Bruguière, 1789)
Fulvia australis (Sowerby, 1834)
Fulvia boholensis Vidal, 1994
Fulvia bullata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fulvia colorata Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
Fulvia dulce Deshayes, 1863
Fulvia dulcis (Deshayes, 1863)
Fulvia fragiformis Vidal, 1994
Fulvia fragilis Forsskål, 1775 Fragile cockle
Fulvia hungerfordi (Sowerby, 1901)
Fulvia imperfecta Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
Fulvia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fulvia lineonotata Vidal, 1994
Fulvia mutica (Reeve, 1844) Egg cockle
Fulvia papyracea (Bruguière, 1789) Paper cockle
Fulvia scalata Vidal, 1994
Fulvia subquadrata Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
Fulvia tenuicostata (Lamarck, 1819)
Fulvia undatopicta (Pilsbry, 1904)
Goethemia elegantula (Möller, 1842)
Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bear paw clam
Hippopus porcellanus Rosewater, 1982 China clam
Keenocardium blandum (Gould, 1850)
Keenocardium californiense (Deshayes, 1839) Aleutian cockle
Laevicardium attenuatum (Sowerby, 1841) Attenuated cockle
Laevicardium biradiatum (Bruguiére, 1789)
Laevicardium brasilianum (Lamarck, 1819)
Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) Norwegian egg cockle
Laevicardium elatum (Sowerby I, 1833) Giant eggcockle
Laevicardium fiski Richards, 1954
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus, 1758) Eggcockle
Laevicardium lobulatum (Deshayes, 1854)
Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1830) Yellow eggcockle
Laevicardium multipunctatum (Sowerby, 1833)
Laevicardium oblongum (Gmelin, 1791)
Laevicardium pictum (Ravenel, 1861) Painted eggcockle
Laevicardium pristis (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
Laevicardium pulcherrimum Sakurai & Habe, 1966
Laevicardium rubropictum Habe & Kosuge, 1966
Laevicardium serratum (Linne, 1758)
Laevicardium substriatum (Conrad, 1837) Pacific eggcockle
Laevicardium sybariticum (Dall, 1886) Delicate eggcockle
Lunulicardia auricula (Niebuhr, 1775)
Lunulicardia hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767) Blunted cockle
Lunulicardia subretusa (Sowerby, 1841)
Lyrocardium aeolicum (Born, 1778)
Lyrocardium aurantiacum (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Lyrocardium lyratum (Sowerby, 1834) Lyrate cockle
Maoricardium setosum (Redfield, 1846)
Microcardium aequiliratum Poutiers, 1981
Microcardium delicatulum (Smith, 1915)
Microcardium lukasi ter Poorten, 2023
Microcardium pseudocancellatum ter Poorten, 2021
Microcardium pseudonomurai ter Poorten, 2021
Microcardium roelofi ter Poorten, 2023
Microcardium sakuraii (Habe, 1961)
Microcardium tenuilamellosum Poutiers, 1981
Microcardium trapezoidale Poutiers, 2006
Microcardium velatum ter Poorten & Poutiers, 2009
Microfragum festivum (Deshayes, 1854)
Microfragum subfestivum (Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007)
Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829) Coloured lagoon cockle
Nemocardium bechei (Reeve, 1840)
Nemocardium centifilosum (Carpenter, 1864) Hundred-line cockle
Nemocardium enigmaticum ter Poorten, 2013
Nemocardium exasperatum (Sowerby, 1841)
Nemocardium peramabile (Dall, 1881) Lovely micro-cockle
Nemocardium pulchellum (Gray, 1843)
Nemocardium samarangae (Makiyama, 1934)
Nemocardium tinctum (Dall, 1881) Dyed micro-cockle
Nemocardium transversum Rehder & Abbott, 1951 Transverse micro-cockle
Papillicardium minimum (Philippi, 1836)
Papillicardium papillosum (Poli, 1791)
Papyridea lata (Born, 1778)
Papyridea semisulcata (Gray, 1825) Frilled papercockle
Papyridea soleniformis (Bruguiere, 1789) Spiny papercockle
Parvicardium carrozzai van Aartsen & Goud, 2001
Parvicardium elegantulum (Moller, 1842)
Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791) Little cockle
Parvicardium hauniense (Høpner Petersen & Russell, 1971)
Parvicardium pinnulatum (Conrad, 1831) Northern dwarf cockle
Parvicardium roseum (Lamarck, 1819)
Parvicardium scabrum Philippi, 1844
Parvicardium scriptum Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892
Parvicardium trapezium Celalupo & Quadri, 1996
Parvicardium vroomi van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984
Plagiocardium mansitii (Otsuka, 1937)
Plagiocardium papillosum (Poli, 1795)
Plagiocardium pseudolatum (Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1991) Broad cockle
Plagiocardium setosum (Redfield, 1846)
Pseudofulvia arago Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
Pseudofulvia caledonica Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
Serripes groenlandicus (Mohr, 1786) Greenland smoothcockle
Serripes laperousii (Deshayes, 1839) Broad smoothcockle
Serripes notabilis (Sowerby III, 1915) Oblique smoothcockle
Trachycardium variegatum (Sowerby, 1841)
Trachycardium angulatum (Lamarck, 1819) Angulate cockle
Trachycardium arenicolum (Reeve, 1845)
Trachycardium beauforti (Prashad, 1932)
Trachycardium burchardi (Dunker, 1877)
Trachycardium compunctum (Kira, 1959)
Trachycardium consors (Sowerby I, 1833) Consors' cockle
Trachycardium egmontianum (Shuttleworth, 1856) Florida pricklycockle
Trachycardium elongatum (Bruguiére, 1789)
Trachycardium enode (Sowerby, 1841)
Trachycardium flavum (Linnaeus, 1758) Fan-shaped cockle
Trachycardium foveolatum (Sowerby, 1841)
Trachycardium impolitum (Sowerby, 1841)
Trachycardium isocardia (Linnaeus, 1758) West Indian prickly cockle
Trachycardium magnum (Linnaeus, 1758) Magnum pricklycockle
Trachycardium manueli Prado, 1993
Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758) American yellow cockle
Trachycardium nigropunctatum (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
Trachycardium okinawaense Kuroda, 1960
Trachycardium procerum (Sowerby, 1833) Mexican cockle
Trachycardium quadragenarium (Conrad, 1837) Spiny pricklycockle
Trachycardium rubicundum (Reeve, 1845)
Trachycardium rugosum (Lamarck, 1819) Pacific yellow cockle
Trachycardium transcendens (Melvill & Standen, 1989)
Trachycardium unicolor (Sowerby, 1841) Unicolor cockle
Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 Crocus giant clam
Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798) Smooth giant clam
Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) Giant clam
Tridacna lorenzi Monsecour, 2016
Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) Elongate giant clam
Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 Tevoro clam
Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798)
Tridacna rosewateri Sirenho & Scarlato, 1991
Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819 Fluted giant clam
Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899
Trifaricardium nomurai Kuroda & Habe, 1951
Trigoniocardia adamsii (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Trigoniocardia antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Trigoniocardia ovuloides (Reeve, 1845)
Vasticardium albopacificum ter Poorten, 2023
Vasticardium angulatum (Lamarck, 1819)
Vasticardium assimile (Reeve, 1844)
Vasticardium attenuatum (Sowerby, 1841)
Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguière, 1789)
Vasticardium fidele (Vidal, 1992)
Vasticardium flavum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vasticardium jorgeni ter Poorten, 2023
Vasticardium lomboke Vidal, 2003
Vasticardium luteomarginatum (Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1991)
Vasticardium orbita (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1833) Orbit cockle
Vasticardium ornatum (Sowerby, 1877)
Vasticardium papuanum Vidal, 1996
Vasticardium pectiniforme (Born, 1780)
Vasticardium philippinense (Hedley, 1899)
Vasticardium rubicundum (Reeve, 1844)
Vasticardium sewelli (Prashad, 1932)
Vasticardium subassimile Vidal, 2003
Vasticardium subrugosum (Sowerby, 1839) Wrinkled cockle
Vasticardium thomassini Vidal, 1998
Vasticardium vertebratum (Jonas, 1844)
Vepricardium asiaticum (Bruguière, 1789) Asiatic cockle
Vepricardium coronatum (Schröter, 1786)
Vepricardium incarnatum (Reeve, 1844)
Vepricardium multispinosum (Sowerby, 1838) Many-spined cockle
Vepricardium rugatum (Dillwyn, 1817)
Vepricardium sinense (Sowerby, 1841) Chinese cockle
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