Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Laevicardium substriatum
Berberecho suave, Smooth cochle
(L. elenense) Length: 20 mm.
(L. elenense) Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), intertidal and subtidal.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Superfamily
Cardioidea
Family
Cardiidae
Genus
Laevicardium
Species
substriatum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cardium apicinum (Carpenter, 1864), Cardium cruentatum Gould, 1855, Cardium elenense G. B. Sowerby II, 1840, Cardium substriatum Conrad, 1837, Laevicardium apicinum Carpenter, 1864, Laevicardium elenense (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) (Horton et al., 2021).; (L. elenense) ANSP: 81783, 185721, LACM, 66-210, HH-1948, CDRS: 223, 727, 802, 819, 1109, 1110, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG: expedition to the Galapagos, 1993
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (L. elenense) Baja California to Perú and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Laevicardium substriatum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19948. Accessed 4 June 2025.