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 paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

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 paucicostatum var. impedita*	Milaschewitsch, 1909	junior homonym
*Cardium laticostatum*	Mayer-Eymar, 1898	synonym
*Cardium paucicostatum*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1834	synonym
*Cardium paucicostatum var. alba*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium paucicostatum var. pallida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium paucicostatum var. producta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: tere 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: poorly ribbed 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: Schwachgerippte 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: Ραβδωτή μεθύστρα

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.
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.
taxonomy source	La Perna, R.; D'Abramo, M. (2013). Systematics of the Acanthocardia paucicostata group in the Mediterranean Plio-Pleistocene, with description of a new species (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Journal of Conchology. 41(4): 481-492.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthocardia paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). 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:138993