Biology:Meiocardia
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Short description: Genus of bivalves
| Meiocardia | |
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| M. moltkiana fossil in the MNHN | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Glossoidea |
| Family: | Glossidae |
| Genus: | Meiocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Chama moltkiana Gmelin, 1791
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Meiocardia is a genus of bivalve.[3]
Species
(As of 2017), WoRMS classifies the following six species as belonging to Meiocardia:[1]
- Meiocardia cumingi (A. Adams, 1864)
- Meiocardia hawaiana Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- Meiocardia moltkiana (Gmelin, 1791)
- Meiocardia samarangiae Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993
- Meiocardia sanguineomaculata (Dunker, 1882)
- Meiocardia vulgaris (Reeve, 1845)
Species formerly classified in this genus include:[1]
- Glossocardia agassizii (Dall, 1886)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bouchet, P. (2011). "Meiocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204639.
- ↑ Adams, Henry; Adams, Arthur (1858). The Genera of Recent Mollusca. London: John van Voorst. p. 461. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1810015.
- ↑ Matsukuma, Akihiko; Habe, Tadashige (1995). "Systematic revision of living species of Meiocardia, Glossidae and Glossocardia, Trapezidae (Bivalvia)". in Bouchet, Philippe. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167. Paris. pp. 77–91. http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=ref&refid=215159.
Further reading
- Stoliczka, Ferd. (1871). "Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Vol. III. The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known Genera of this class, fossil and recent". Palaeontographica Indica: 167. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35956726.
Wikidata ☰ Q18519142 entry
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