CARDITIDAE Férussac, 1822

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 725-728

Family CARDITIDAE Férussac, 1822

aculeata , Venericardia – Deshayes, 1829-DescrCoqFoss: 158, 14, pl. 26, figs 13-14. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon, Mouchy-le-Châtel, Hautteville-Bocage & Gourbesville. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: synonym of Venericardia calcitrapoides ( Lamarck, 1805) [ Cardium ] ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 122).

aizyensis , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 61, pl. 61, figs 32-34; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 762-763. — Type localities: Aizy-Jouy, Sermoise, Hérouval & Laon. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). Venericardia aizyensis (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel, 1970: 119) . — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) sulcata [Solander, in Brander, 1766] aizyensis (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79) .

aliena , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 61, pl. 61, figs 28- 31; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 763. — Type locality: Laon. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). Venericardia aliena (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 119) . — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) aliena (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79) .

amabilis , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 102, pl. 17, figs 8-9. — Type locality: “ New Zealand ”; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963700, 3 syntypes. — Current status: the Australian Purpurocardia amabilis (Deshayes, 1854) ( Huber 2010a: 256) .

ambigua , Cardita –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 60, pl. 60, figs 28- 31; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 767-768, non Michelotti, 1839. — Type localities: Liancourt-Saint-Pierre, Chambors & Les Groux. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Cyclocardia) bernardi Le Renard, 1994 ( Le Renard 1994: 39), replacement name.

angusticostata , Venericardia –Deshayes, 1829-DescrCoqFoss: 153-154, 14, pl. 27, figs 5-6; 1830a-EncyMeth: 199-200, as C. “ angusticosta ”; 1857-TraitElem: 174, pl. 32, figs 6-7, as Cardita ; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 761-762. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon, Chaumont-en-Vexin, Parnes & La Chapelle-en-Serval. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian); Beauchamp & Pontoise for vars. Venericardia angusticostata (Deshayes, 1829) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 120, as “1825”). Synonym of Venericardia granulata Defrance, 1828 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79). — Current status: Darwinicardia angusticostata (Deshayes, 1829) ( Pérez 2019: 1363, fig. 4R, as “1824”).

archiaci, Cardita – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 169. — Type locality: Belgium. — Type age: Cretaceous (Cenomanian). — Current status: nomen dubium .

asperula , Venericardia – Deshayes, 1829-DescrCoqFoss: 155-156, 13, pl. 26, figs 3-4; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 771, as Cardita . — Type localities: Chaumont-en-Vexin & Châteaurouge. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Type species (OD) of Arcturella Chavan, 1941 , non Sars, 1897 [Crustacea]; Arcturellina Chavan, 1951 , replacement name. Venericardia asperula Deshayes, 1829 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 114, 121, as “1825” and without reference to the Chavan genera). — Current status: synonym of Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) subrotunda Defrance, 1828 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79). Arcturellina asperula (Deshayes, 1829) ( Pérez 2019: 1362; Nevesskaja et al. 2013: 325, fig. 116-12).

astartoides , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 63, pl. 63, figs 12-14; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 779. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon, Parnes & Saint-Félix. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Miodomeris ( Miodomeris) astartoides (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 85).

atomus , Cardita –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 63, pl. 63, figs 18- 20; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 780-781. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon & Parnes. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Condylocardia atomus (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 98; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 85).

basteroti , Cardita –Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 177. New species based on Venericardia intermedia ( Brocchi, 1814) [ Chama ] as used byBasterot (1825: 80); 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 775. — Type locality: Dax. — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian).The specimens from the Piacenzian (Upper Pliocene) of Siena Val Andone cited by Basterot are Cardites antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pacaud herein). — Current status: Venericardia basteroti (Deshayes, 1857) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 121, as “1853”; Lozouet & Maestrati 2012a: 254, 256, fig. 162: 1-4, as “1851”).

bazini , Cardita –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 60, pl. 60, figs 1-3; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 775-776. — Type locality: Ormoy-la-Rivière. — Type age:Oligocene (Rupelian). Venericardia bazini (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 121) . — Current status: synonym of Cardita basteroti Deshayes, 1857 (Pacaud herein).

belcheri , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 101. — Type locality: Cubras, Philippine Islands; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963696, two syntypes. — Current status: Centrocardita belcheri (Deshayes, 1854) ( Huber 2010a: 657, with some doubt as to the type locality).

bimaculata , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 102, pl. 17, figs 4-5. — Type locality: “ New Zealand ”; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963767, 3 syntypes. — Current status: the Australian Purpurocardia bimaculata (Deshayes, 1854) ( Huber 2010a: 256) .

caliculaeformis , Cardita – Deshayes, 1863: 21-22, pl. 3, figs 10- 11. — Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: Cardita caliculaeformis Deshayes, 1863 ( Huber 2010a: 249).

californica , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 100. — Type locality: Gulf of California, Mexico; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963768, 3 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Carditamera affinis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) [ Cardita ] ( Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 377-378).

castanea, Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 102, pl. 17, fig. 11. — Type locality: Australia; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963769, 3 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Cardites rufus (Deshayes, 1834) ( Huber 2010a: 252, 654).

caumontiensis, Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 61, pl. 61, figs 6-8; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 774-775. — Type localities: Caumont & Vendrest. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Cyclocardia ?) caumontiensis (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79).

complanata , Venericardia – Deshayes, 1829-DescrCoqFoss: 154-155, 13, pl. 26, figs 5-6. — Type locality: Acy-en-Multien. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 760, as Cardita . — Current status: Venericardia complanata Deshayes, 1829 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 122; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79, as “1825”).

conradi , Cardita – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 169, non Shuttleworth, 1856. Replacement name for Cardita granulata “Conrad ”, non (Defrance, 1828) [ Venericardia ]. However, Conrad’s 1838 use of this name was based on Venericardia granulata Say, 1824 , so Deshayes renamed the senior homonym. Moreover, his replacement name was preoccupied and both preoccupy his own Paris Basin C. conradi Deshayes, 1858 (see below). — Current status: synonym of the eastern North American Plio-Pleistocene Cyclocardia granulata (Say, 1824) .

conradi , Cardita –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 63, pl. 63, figs 5-8; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 759-760, non Cardita conradi Shuttleworth, 1856 , nec Deshayes, 1857. — Type localities: Cuise-la-Motte, Laon, Mons-en-Laonnois, Laversine, Cuisy-en-Almont, Coeuvres-et-Valsery, Aizy-Jouy & Hérouval. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). Cardita eudaedala Bayan, 1873a ( Bayan 1873a: 129), replacement name. — Current status: Venericardia eudaedala (Bayan, 1873) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79 as V. “ eudaedalea ”).

coreensis , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 101. — Type locality: Korea; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963697, 2 probable syntypes. — Current status: Megacardita coreensis (Deshayes, 1854) ( Huber 2010a: 656, 659; Matsukuma, in Okutani 2017: 1204, pl. 504, fig. 9).

crenulata , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 102. — Type locality: Borneo; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK unnumbered, 3 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Cardites cumingii (Deshayes, 1854) ( Huber 2010a: 253, 655).

cumingii , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 102, pl. 17, fig. 15. — Type locality: Borneo; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK unnumbered, 3 syntypes. — Current status: Cardites cumingii (Deshayes, 1854) ( Huber 2010a: 251, 655).

crenularis , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 60, pl. 60, figs 18-20; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 762;1865-DescrCoqFoss: 667 [on pl., fig. 18 mislabeled as 19 and fig. 19 mislabeled as 20]. — Type locality: Hérouval. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Venericardia crenularis (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 123) . Synonym of Cardita ( Venericardia) angusticostata Deshayes, 1829 ( Cossmann 1887: 87). — Current status: synonym of Venericardia granulata Defrance, 1828 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79).

davidsoni , Cardita –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 60, pl. 60, figs 10- 12; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 764. — Type localities: Ver-sur-Launette & Ermenonville. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Venericardia sulcata [Solander, in Brander, 1766] davidsoni (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970; 127). — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) sulcata [Solander, in Brander, 1766] davidsoni (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79) .

difficilis , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 103, pl. 17, figs 16-17. — Type locality: New Zealand; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963702, 3 syntypes; 1963773, 1 syntype. — Current status: synonym of Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854) (first reviser: C. A. Fleming 1951: 133-134) ( Huber 2010a: 256, 658).

divergens, Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 60, pl. 60, figs 13-14, 61, as Cardita “ imperfecta ”, pl. 61, figs 9-11; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 764-765; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 666 [correction made]. — Type localities: Ermenomville, Ver-sur-Launette, Beauval, Le Fayel, Auvers-sur-Oise, Beauchamp & Caumont. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Synonym of Cardita ( Venericardia) davidsoni Deshayes, 1858 ( Cossmann, 1887: 89). — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) sulcata [Solander, in Brander, 1766] davidsoni (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79) .

duboisii , Cardita – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 180. New species based on Cardita intermedia ( Brocchi, 1814) [ Chama ] as used by Dubois de Montpéreux (1831: 61-62, pl. 5, figs 20-21, as Venericardia ). — Dubois listed several type localities: living in Australia; fossil in Szuskowce in Wolhynie, Plaisantin, Andona Valley in Italy, Bordeaux, etc. However, the main focus of Dubois’ work was on the fossils from the Wolhyni-Podolien Plateau, Caucasus, Georgia. — Type age: Miocene (Tortonian), so that is presumably the material that Deshayes intended for his new species. Venericardia duboisii (Deshayes, 1857) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 123, as V. “ duboisi ” and as “1852). — Current status: synonym of Cardita duboisiana d’Orbigny, 1852 (d’Orbigny 1852: 114, no. 2132), an earlier name proposed for the same concept.

elegantula , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 101, pl. 17, figs 6-7. — Type locality: China; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK unnumbered, 2 syntypes. — Current status: Arcturellina elegantula (Deshayes, 1854) ( Huber 2010a: 256, 658; Pagaro, in Poppe 2017: 94, pl. 1347, figs 1-3).

essingtonensis, Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 100. — Type locality: Port Essington, Australia; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Cardita picta Reeve, 1843 ( Huber 2010a: 250, 653).

excavata , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 100, pl. 17, figs 1-3. — Type locality: Sydney, Australia; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963699, 2 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Cardita aviculina Lamarck, 1822 ( Huber 2010a: 249, 653).

gervillii , Cardita – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 169. — Type locality: Orglande. — Type age: Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). — Current status: nomen dubium .

gunnii , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 101. — Type locality: Van Diemen’s Land [ Tasmania], Australia ; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963695, probable holotype. — Current status: Centrocardita gunnii (Deshayes, 1854) ( Huber 2010a: 657, with some doubt as to the type locality).

imperfecta , Cardita ; see above: divergens, Cardita .

insculpta , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 60, pl. 60, figs 7-9; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 777-778. — Type locality: Chaussy. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Goossensia irregularis [Deshayes, 1858] insculpta (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80) . — Current status: Goossensia insculpta (Deshayes, 1858) ( Pacaud 2008: 84) .

irregularis , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 60, pl. 60, figs 4-6; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 776. — Type locality: Chaumont-en-Vexin. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). The type species (M) of Goossensia Cossmann, 1885 , is G. plicatuloides Cossmann, 1885 , regarded as a synonym of Deshayes’ species. — Current status: Goossensia irregularis (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 99; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 84; Nevesskaja et al. 2013: 325, fig. 116-14).

jukesi , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 101, pl. 17, fig. 14. — Type locality: Australia; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963701, holotype. — Current status: synonym of Cardites rufus (Deshayes, 1834) ( Huber 2010a: 252, 654). kayei, Cardita – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 70. Replacement name for Cardita orbicularis Forbes, 1846 ( Forbes 1846: 144, pl. 17, fig. 11), non C. orbicularis (J. de C. Sowerby, 1825) [ Venericardia ]. — Type locality: Pondicherry, India. — Type age: Cretaceous. Synonym of Cardium jacquinoti d’Orbigny, 1847 (Stoliczka 1871: 290-291, pl. 10, figs 15-21, without mention of Deshayes replacement name). — Current status: Venericardia jacquinoti (d’Orbigny, 1847) ( Gliozzi & Malatesta 1983: 93, pl. 3, fig. 7).

modica , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 63, pl. 63, figs 15-17; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 780. — Type localities: Parnes & Thiverval-Grignon. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Pteromeris ( Miodomeris) modica (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 100-101) . — Current status: Miodomeris ( Miodomeris) modica (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 85).

mulleri, Cardita – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 169. Replacement name for Cardita goldfussii J. Müller, 1847 ( Müller 1847: 20- 21), non (Alberti, 1834) [ Venericardia ]. It is evident from the context for whom he intended to name this secondary junior homonym; although an umhaut is not visible, so one can change his original mulleri to muelleri (ICZN Code Art. 32.5). — Type locality: Aachen, Germany. — Type age: Cretaceous. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

ornata , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 61, pl. 61, figs 16-19 [in text as figs 16-20]; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 772. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon, Parnes, Hérouval, Chambors, Gomerfontaine, Saint-Félix & Brasles. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) ornata (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79; Pacaud 2008: 84).

onerata , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 61, pl. 61, figs 20-24; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 773; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 667 [on pl., fig. 20 mislabeled as 21, fig. 21 mislabeled as 22, and fig.22 mislabeled as 18]. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon & Parnes. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Pleuromeris ( Choniocardia) onerata (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 103; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79; Pacaud 2008: 84).

plicatilis , Cardita – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 169. — Type locality: Belgium. — Type age: Cretaceous (Cenomanian). — Current status: nomen dubium .

prevosti , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 63, pl. 63, figs 1-4; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 765. — Type localities: Parnes, Cuise-la-Motte, Hérouval, Laon, Mons-en-Laonnois, Mercin-et-Vaux, Aizy-Jouy & Laversine. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). Venericardia prevosti (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 125) . — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) prevosti (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79) .

profunda , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 61, pl. 61, figs 1-6 [in text as pl. 60]; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 769-770; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 665 [error noted]. — Type localities: Chaussy, Hérouval, Liancourt-Saint-Pierre, Parnes, Chaumont-en-Vexin & Betz. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian). — Current status: Venericardia profunda (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 125) . Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79; Pacaud 2008: 85).

propinqua , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 60, pl. 60, figs 15-17; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 766. — Type localities: Le Guépelle, Ermenonville, Auvers-sur-Oise, Mortefontaine, Mary-sur-Marne, Caumont & Ver-sur-Launette. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Venericardia propinqua (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970; 126). — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) propinqua (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79) . pulchra , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 61, pl. 61, figs 25-27; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 771-772. — Type localities: Chaumont-en-Vexin & Auvers-sur-Oise. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian). — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) pulchra (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79; Pacaud 2008: 84).

purpurata , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 100, pl. 17, figs 12-13. — Type locality: New Zealand; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963704, 3 syntypes. — Type species (OD) of Purpurocardia P. A. Maxwell, 1969 . — Current status: Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854) (P. A. Maxwell 1969; Powell 1979: 407, pl. 78, fig.; Beu 2006: 221-224, figs 18B, D-E; Huber 2010a: 256, 658; Pérez 2019: 1363, fig. 2Q, 4C).

pusilla , Cardita –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 61, pl. 61, figs 12- 15; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 766-767. — Type locality: Le Guépelle. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Venericardia pusilla (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970; 126). — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) pusilla (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79) .

quoyi , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 103. — Type locality: Australia; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963707, 3 syntypes; 1963708, 3 syntypes; 1963709, 3 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854) (first reviser: C. A. Fleming 1951: 133-134) ( Huber 2010a: 256, 658).

radiolata , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 63, pl. 63, figs 9-11; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 779-780. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon & Mouy. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Pteromeris ( Miodomeris) radiolata (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel, 1970: 100-101) . — Current status: Miodomeris ( Miodomeris) radiolata (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79; Pacaud 2008: 85).

rufa , Cardita – Deshayes, 1833d: 66, pl. 65, figs 3-4. — Type locality: northern Red Sea. — Current status: Cardites rufa (Deshayes, in Laborde, 1833) ( Oliver 1992: 115-116, pl. 24; Dekker & Orlin 2000: 12; Mienis 2000: 131; Rusmore-Villaume 2008: 224-225), with a female ending on this male genus, more correctly Cardites rufus (Deshayes in Laborde, 1833) ( Huber 2010a: 252, 654), endemic to the Red Sea.

serrulata , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 60, pl. 60, figs 25-27; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 767. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon, Parnes, Damery, Fleury-la-Rivière, Cumières, Boursault, Montmirail & Hermonville. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Venericardia sulcata [Solander, in Brander, 1766] serrulata (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1970: 128-129) . Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) sulcata [Solander, in Brander, 1766] serrulata (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 79; Courville et al. 2012: 59, pl. 1, fig. 6). — Current status: Cyclocardia ( Arcturellina) serrulata (Deshayes, 1858) ( Pacaud 2008: 84) .

sowerbyi , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 103, non d’Orbigny, 1852. — Type locality: Swan River , Australia ; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963708, 4 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Megacardita turgida (Lamarck, 1819) ( Huber 2010a: 257, 659).

squamatina , Cardita – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 59, pl. 59, figs 15-17; 1860-DescrCoqFoss: 777. — Type localities: Fontenay-Saint-Père, Chaussy & Le Maitré-sous-Fontenay. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Carditamera squamatina (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 80; Pacaud 2008: 84).

squamigera , Venericardia – Deshayes, 1832a: [1], pl. 10. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: the western Australian Centrocardita squamigera (Deshayes, 1832) ( Huber 2010a: 256, 657). terquemi , Cardita – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 167. — Type locality: Metz. — Type age: Jurassic. Preoccupies Cardita terquemi Cossmann, 1882 . — Current status: nomen dubium .

trigoniaeformis, Cardita – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 165-166. Replacement name for Cardita decussata Münster , in Goldfuss, 1837 ( Goldfuss 1837: 185, pl. 133, fig. 5), non ( Lamarck, 1805) [ Venericardia ]. — Type locality: Saint-Cassain, Italy; Triassic (Norian). — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

umbilicata , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 100-101. — Type localities: Port Cunningham & Sydney, Australia; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963703, 3 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Cardita picta Reeve, 1843 ( Huber 2010a: 250; 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

vestita, Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 102, pl. 17, fig. 10. — Type locality: Greenland; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963705, 3 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Cyclocardia borealis (Conrad, 1832) ( Huber 2010a: 235, 656).

zelandica , Cardita – Deshayes, 1854a: 101. — Type locality: New Zealand; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1963698, 3 probable syntypes. — Listed byBeu (2006: 184, as P. “ zelandiae ”). — Current status: Pleuromeris zelandica (Deshayes, 1854) ( Powell 1979: 408, pl. 78, fig. 7; Huber 2010a: 255; Pérez, 2019: 1362).

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semiorbiculata , Cardita – Deshayes, 1843-RegAnim: pl. 93, fig. 4. This was listed by Sherborn (1930: 5863), as C. “ semi-orbiculata ” Deshayes, but it was merely indicating a transfer of Chama semiorbiculata Linnaeus, 1758 , to Cardita . — Current status: Beguina semiorbiculata (Linnaeus, 1758) .