Venericardia is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Carditidae.[1]

Venericardia
Temporal range: Paleocene to Recent
Venericardia planicosta lerichei Lamarck, 1806
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Superfamily: Carditoidea
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Venericardia
Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms

Venericardita (lapsus)
Venericardium Beyrich, 1837

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

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Species of Venericardia include:[verification needed]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Venericardia Lamarck, 1801 †".