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Parvicardium
Parvicardium exiguum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Superfamily:	Cardioidea
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Parvicardium Monterosato, 1884
Type species
Cardium parvum Philippi, 1844
Synonyms
Balticardium Lambiotte, 1979 (junior subjective synonym) Cardium (Parvicardium) Monterosato, 1884 (original rank) Cerastobyssum Høpner Petersen & Russell, 1974 (Junior synonym)

Parvicardium is a genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Lymnocardiinae of the family Cardiidae.

The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

• †Parvicardium benoisti (Cossmann, 1896)
• Parvicardium carrozzai van Aartsen & Goud, 2001
• Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791)
• Parvicardium hauniense (Petersen & Russell, 1971)
• Parvicardium mikii Matsubara, 2011
• Parvicardium pinnulatum (Conrad, 1831)
• Parvicardium scabrum (Philippi, 1844)
• Parvicardium scriptum (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
• Parvicardium simile (Milaschewitsch, 1909)
• Parvicardium sonense (Cossmann, 1896)
• Parvicardium trapezium Cecalupo & Quadri, 1996
• Parvicardium triangulatum Leubriére, 1881
• Parvicardium vroomi van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984

Species brought into synonymy

• † Parvicardium brykense Goncharova & Zhgenti, 1989: synonym of † Chokrakia brykense (Goncharova & Zhgenti, 1989)
• Parvicardium elegantulum (Møller, 1842): synonym of Goethemia elegantula (Møller, 1842)
• Parvicardium nodosum W. Turton, 1822 non Montagu, 1803: synonym of Parvicardium scabrum (Philippi, 1844)
• Parvicardium ovale (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840): synonym of Parvicardium pinnulatum (Conrad, 1831)
• Parvicardium ovale (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) sensu Spada & Della Bella, 1990: synonym of Parvicardium scriptum (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
• Parvicardium papillosum (Poli, 1791): synonym of Papillicardium papillosum (Poli, 1791)
• Parvicardium suezensis Issel, 1869: synonym of Fragum sueziense (Issel, 1869)
• Parvicardium transclathratum (Viader, 1951): synonym of Fragum sueziense (Issel, 1869)
• Parvicardium turtoni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1894): synonym of Papillicardium turtoni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)

References

• MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Parvicardium Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137739 on 2021-12-16
• Lambiotte M. (1979). Note sur les petites espèces européennes récentes de la famille des Cardiidae rapportées aux genres Parvicardium T.A. Monterosato, 1884 et Papillicardium F. Sacco, 1899, et description d'un genre nouveau, Balticardium gen. nov.. Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie 7(2): 39–47
• 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

External links

• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the Author, Palermo, 152 pp
• 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
• Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net
• Crosse H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. Journal de Conchyliologie 33: 139-142