Biology:Meiocardia

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Short description: Genus of bivalves

Meiocardia
Meiocardia moltkiana MNHN.F.A27000.jpg
M. moltkiana fossil in the MNHN
Scientific classification e
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
Species

See text.

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. 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. 
  2. Adams, Henry; Adams, Arthur (1858). The Genera of Recent Mollusca. London: John van Voorst. p. 461. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1810015. 
  3. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q18519142 entry