Venericardia is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Carditidae.[1]
Venericardia Temporal range: Paleocene to Recent
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Venericardia planicosta lerichei Lamarck, 1806 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Carditida |
Superfamily: | Carditoidea |
Family: | Carditidae |
Genus: | Venericardia Lamarck, 1801 |
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Venericardita (lapsus) |
It is the type genus of subfamily Venericardiinae. The closely related Purpurocardia was for long included here as a subgenus, but is increasingly considered distinct.
Species
editSpecies of Venericardia include:[verification needed]
References
edit- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1