Kingdom Animalia Family Carditidae Scientific name Venericardia purpurata Rank Species Subclass Heterodonta | Superfamily Carditoidea Genus Purpurocardia Phylum Mollusca Order Carditoida | |
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Similar Cardites, Carditoida, Carditamera, Venericardia, Carditidae | ||
Purpurocardia purpurata is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Carditidae. Its genus was long included in Venericardia, but is increasingly treated as distinct.
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