Atlantic giant cockle
Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786)
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
- Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Name authority
- ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Common name
- Atlantic giant cockle
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Cardiida
- Family
- Cardiidae
- Genus
- Dinocardium
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
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
- subterclassEuheterodonta Giribet & Distel, 2003
- superorderImparidentia Bieler, P. M. Mikkelsen & Giribet, 2014
- orderCardiida A. Férussac, 1822
- superfamilyCardioidea Lamarck, 1809
- familyCardiidae Lamarck, 1809
- subfamilyLaevicardiinae Keen, 1951
- genusDinocardium Dall, 1900
- speciesDinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dinocardium robustum hazeli L. W. Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 L. W. Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 | synonym |
| Cardium obliquum L. Spengler, 1799 L. Spengler, 1799 | synonym |
| Cardium ventricosum Bruguière, 1789 Bruguière, 1789 | synonym |
| Dinocardium robustum vanhyningi Clench & L. C. Smith, 1944 Clench & L. C. Smith, 1944 | synonym |
| Cardium robustum [Lightfoot], 1786 [Lightfoot], 1786 | synonym |
| Cardium carolinensis Conrad, 1863 Conrad, 1863 | synonym |
| Cardium maculatum Gmelin, 1791 Gmelin, 1791 | ambiguous synonym |
| Cardium magnum Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Born, 1778 Linnaeus, 1758 | misapplied |
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=156843 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:368RM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.