Venericardia

<i>Venericardia</i>

Venericardia

Genus of bivalves

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

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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

  1. [1]
    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Venericardia Lamarck, 1801 †".
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