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Cardiapoda

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Pterotracheoidea

Scientific name
  
Cardiapoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Carinariidae

Higher classification
  
Carinariidae

Similar
  
Carinariidae, Oxygyrus keraudrenii, Carinaria, Pterotracheoidea, Carinaria lamarckii

Cardiapoda is a genus of very small floating sea snails or heteropods, pelagic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Carinariidae.

Contents

Both tentacles are of equal size and well-developed. The external layer of the body wall is thin.

They are found worldwide in the pelagic zone of warm seas.

Species

  • Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) - flat cardiapod
  • Cardiapoda richardi Vayssière, 1903
  • Synonyms

  • Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) )
  • Cardiapoda carinata D'Orbigny, 1834 (synonym of Cardiapoda richardi Vayssière, 1903)
  • Cardiapoda pedunculata D'Orbigny, 1835 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) )
  • Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) )
  • References

    Cardiapoda Wikipedia


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