Meiocardia delicata is a species of marine bivalve in the family Glossidae.

[3] Right and left valve of the same specimen: Lovell Augustus Reeve described this species in 1845, placing it in the genus Isocardia.

[4] Reeve gave this species the specific epithet vulgaris "common" to reflect "the abundant importation of this once rare and highly praised shell.

"[1] The type locality of M. vulgaris and its junior synonym are China and Okinawa, Japan, respectively.

[4] Its distribution includes: China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Queensland, Australia, the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Northeast India, Oman, Zanzibar and Madagascar.