Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida > Superfamily Cardioidea > Family Cardiidae > Subfamily Lymnocardiinae > Tribe Acanthocardiini > Genus Acanthocardia

Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AcanthocardiaJ. E. Gray, 1851accepted genus name
Acanthocardia (Rudicardium) Coen, 1915 synonym
Cardium (Acanthocardia) J. E. Gray, 1851 synonym
Cardium (Acanthocardium) Römer, 1868 synonym
Cardium (Eucardium) P. Fischer, 1887 synonym
Eucardium P. Fischer, 1887 synonym
Eucardium (Rudicardium) Coen, 1915 synonym

Species group names

Acanthocardia mucronata (Poli, 1791) synonym
Cardium (Acanthocardium) echinatum Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Cardium (Acanthocardium) echinatum adriaticum Coen, 1941 synonym
Cardium (Acanthocardium) mucronatum Poli, 1791 synonym
Cardium (Acanthocardium) mucronatum hirtissimum Coen, 1941 synonym
Cardium (Acanthocardium) mucronatum submuticum Coen, 1941 synonym
Cardium (Acanthocardium) novum Coen, 1941 synonym
Cardium bullatum Locard, 1891 synonym
Cardium duregnei Monterosato, 1891 synonym
Cardium echinatum Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Cardium echinatum var. expansa Jeffreys, 1864 synonym
Cardium echinatum var. ovata Jeffreys, 1864 synonym
Cardium flexuosum Gmelin, 1791 synonym
Cardium hystrix [Lightfoot], 1786 synonym
Cardium mucronatum Poli, 1791 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: pigget hjertemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: gedoornde hartschelp 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.
 English: European prickly cockle; prickly cockle; thorny cockle sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 French: bucarde; bucarde rouge sources: 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.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
 German: dornige Herzmuschel; stachelige Herzmuschel; stachlige Herzmuschel sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;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.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
 Greek: Κόκκινη μεθύστρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: pigghjerteskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: pigghjarteskjel

Literature

basis of record

Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.

additional source

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia echinata (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:138992

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.

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2012-11-30 by Jan Johan ter Poorten

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