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 Laevicardiinae > Genus Laevicardium

Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cardium Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Laevicardium*	Swainson, 1840	accepted genus name
*Cardium (Laevicardium)*	Swainson, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Cardium norvegicum*	Spengler, 1799	synonym
*Cardium norvegicum var. devians*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium norvegicum var. lineolata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium norvegicum var. marmorata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium norvegicum var. mediterranea*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium norvegicum var. pallida*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Cardium norvegicum var. ponderosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium norvegicum var. rotunda*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Cardium norvegicum var. senegalensis*	Dautzenberg, 1891	synonym
*Cardium pennanti*	Reeve, 1844	synonym
*Cardium politum*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Cardium vitellinum*	Reeve, 1844	synonym
*Laevicardium europeum*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Laevicardium norvegicum*	(Spengler, 1799)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: glat hjertemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: Noorse 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: Norway cockle; Norwegian cockle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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 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.

German: Norwegische Herzmuschel 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.

Greek: Αυγόστρειδο Νορβηγίας

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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laevicardium crassum (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:139004

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Occurrence

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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.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2014-08-25 by Jan Johan ter Poorten

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