Carditidae
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Carditidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.
The shells look very like venerids, but differ in several respects; the linge-teeth consist of several massive cardinals, but the laterals are either subobsolete or absent, there are no siphons, and the pallial line is simple, without a sinus. They are found in most seas.
[edit] Genera
- Cardita Bruguière, 1792
- Carditamera Conrad, 1838
- Crassicardia Conrad, 1838
- Cyclocardia Conrad, 1867
- Glans Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811
- Milneria Dall, 1881
- Miodontiscus Dall, 1903
- Pleuromeris Conrad, 1867
- Pteromeris Conrad, 1862
- Venericardia Lamarck, 1801
[edit] References
- Carditidae (TSN 80732). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
