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 Cardiinae

Bucardium J. E. Gray, 1853

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402.
basis of record	Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
additional source	La Perna, R. (2016). Bucardium grateloupianum n. sp. from the Lower Miocene of Aquitaine with taxonomic comments on some fossil species from Europe (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Zootaxa. 4178 (4): 568-582.
subsequent type designation	Vest, W. von. (1875). Ueber die Genera Adacna, Monodacna und Didacna Eichwald und deren Stellung im System. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 2: 309-325, pl. 11.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bucardium J. E. Gray, 1853. 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:225591