| Papillicardium minimum (Philippi, 1836) |
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| Iceland & Norway, via the western coasts of the British Isles, to Cabo Verde & Mediterranean. In sediments, in the circalittoral and across the shelf. Original taxon: Cardium minimum. Synonyms: suecicum, suediense… Above and below: 250m deep, Estepona, Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 2,5-3,5mm. |
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« The Swedish Cockle: Shell minute, orbicular, thin, fragile, radiately ribbed, ribs eight and twenty in number, convex, prickly ; white, covered with a thin straw-coloured epidermis. » – L. A. Reeve: Conchologia iconica vol. II, London 1843. |
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| 150-200m deep, Gibraltar Strait. 5,3mm. |
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| The interstices are less deeply furrowed than in papillosum of the same size, and the transverse sculpture is weaker. |
| — back to Cardiidae — |