Carditidae

Taxobox
name = Carditidae


image_caption = "Venericardia purpurata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Veneroida
familia = Carditidae
familia_authority = Lamarck, 1809
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Carditidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.

The shells look very like venerids, but differ in several respects; the linge-teeth consist of several massive cardinals, but the laterals are either subobsolete or absent, there are no siphons, and the pallial line is simple, without a sinus. They are found in most seas.

Genera

* "Cardita" Bruguière, 1792
* "Carditamera" Conrad, 1838
* "Crassicardia" Conrad, 1838
* "Cyclocardia" Conrad, 1867
* "Glans" Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811
* "Milneria" Dall, 1881
* "Miodontiscus" Dall, 1903
* "Pleuromeris" Conrad, 1867
* "Pteromeris" Conrad, 1862
* "Venericardia" Lamarck, 1801

References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1