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 spinosa ([Lightfoot], 1786)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acanthocardia*	J. E. Gray, 1851	accepted 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

*Cardium erinaceus*		orthographic variant
*Cardium erinaceum*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Cardium spinosum*	[Lightfoot], 1786	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sand 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: Sand-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: Αχινομεθύστρα

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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia spinosa ([Lightfoot], 1786). 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:138994