Kingdom Animalia Family Carditidae Scientific name Venericardia Higher classification Carditidae Order Carditoida | Superfamily Carditoidea Subfamily Venericardiinae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus | |
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Similar Carditidae, Cardita, Cardites, Glycymeris, Carditoida | ||
Venericardia is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Carditidae.
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 of Venericardia include:
References
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