Biology:Venericardia

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Short description: Genus of bivalves

Venericardia
Temporal range: Paleocene to Recent
Venericardia planicosta lerichei 01.jpg
Venericardia planicosta lerichei Lamarck, 1806
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Superfamily: Carditoidea
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Venericardia
Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms

Venericardita (lapsus)
Venericardium Beyrich, 1837

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

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

Species of Venericardia include:[verification needed]

  • Venericardia amabilis
  • Venericardia bimaculata
  • Venericardia ferruginea
  • Venericardia granulata
  • Venericardia imbricata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Venericardia iheringi (Boehm, 1903)
  • Venericardia planicosta

References

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Wikidata ☰ Q3013241 entry