Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Cardioidea > Family Cardiidae > Subfamily Cardiinae > Genus Acanthocardia

Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acanthocardia*	Gray, 1851	accepted genus name
*Acanthocardia (Rudicardium)*	Coen, 1915	synonym

Species group names

*Acanthocardia mucronata*	(Poli, 1791)	synonym
*Cardium echinatum*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): pigghjerteskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: gedoornde 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: prickly cockle sources: Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

English-United States: Prickly Cockle sources: Charles Hussey

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: dornige Herzmuschel; stachelige Herzmuschel sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

Greek: Κόκκινη μεθύστρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: pigghjerteskjell sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10: 679

Norwegian Nynorsk: pigghjarteskjel sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10: 679

Nynorsk (Norwegian): pigghjarteskjel

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (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

Taxonomy

Link To CLEMAM

External Links

Link To GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2012). Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138992