Cyclocardia christiei (Marwick, 1929)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyclocardia christiei (Marwick, 1929)
- Name authority
- (Marwick, 1929)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Genus
- Cyclocardia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extinct
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassAutobranchia Grobben, 1894
- infraclassHeteroconchia J. E. Gray, 1854
- subterclassArchiheterodonta Giribet, 2007
- subfamilyScalaricarditinae D. E. Pérez, 2019
- genusCyclocardia Conrad, 1867
- speciesCyclocardia christiei (Marwick, 1929)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyclocardia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclocardia antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1907) | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclocardia awamoensis (G. F. Harris, 1897) | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Cyclocardia bailyi (J. Q. Burch, 1944) | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclocardia compressa (Reeve, 1843) | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclocardia magna Quilty, Darragh, Gallagher & Harding, 2016 | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Cyclocardia marama (P. A. Maxwell, 1969) | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Cyclocardia moniligena Hickman, 2015 | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| New England cyclocardiaCyclocardia novangliae (E. S. Morse, 1869) | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclocardia spurca (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclocardia thouarsii (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Venericardia christiei Marwick, 1929 Marwick, 1929 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=830163 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32TNB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.