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 Parvicardiini > Genus Parvicardium

Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parvicardium*	Monterosato, 1884	accepted genus name
*Cardium (Parvicardium)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Species group names

*Cardium parvum*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	junior homonym
*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 pygmaeum*	Donovan, 1800	synonym
*Cerastoderma exiguum*	(Gmelin, 1791)	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

English: little cockle sources: 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.

German: Dreieckige Herzmuschel; kleine Herzmuschel

Literature

basis of record	Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
basis of record	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.
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	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (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

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791). 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:139008