Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Archiheterodonta > Order Carditida > Superfamily Carditoidea > Family Carditidae > Subfamily Carditinae > Genus Cardita

Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Chama Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cardita*	Bruguière, 1792	accepted genus name
*Cardita (Mytilicardia)*	Herrmannsen, 1847	synonym
*Mytilicardia*	Herrmannsen, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Cardita (Mytilicardia) calyculata*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Cardita (Mytilicardia) calyculata var. obsoleta*	Dautzenberg, 1883	synonym
*Cardita calyculata f. tirisa*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Cardita calyculata var. imperans*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Cardita calyculata var. oblonga*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardita calyculata var. obsoleta*	Dautzenberg, 1883	synonym
*Cardita calyculata var. obtusata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardita calyculata var. pitus*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Cardita calyculata var. unicolor*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardita elongata*	Bronn, 1831	synonym
*Cardita fabula*	Reeve, 1843	synonym
*Cardita formosula*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Cardita sinuata*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Mytilicardia elongata*	Fontannes, 1882	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	Sinigaglia, L.; Baptista, L.; Alves, C.; Feldmann, F.; Sacchetti, C.; Rupprecht, C.; Vijayan, T.; Martín-González, E.; Ávila, S.; Santos, A.; Curto, M.; Meimberg, H. (2024). Oceanic islands act as drivers for the genetic diversity of marine species: Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758) in the NE Atlantic as a case-study. BMC Ecology and Evolution. 24(1): 138: 1-21.
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.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139016