Carditamera
| Carditamera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Carditoida |
| Superfamily: | Carditoidea |
| Family: | Carditidae |
| Subfamily: | Carditamerinae |
| Genus: | Carditamera Conrad, 1838 |
| Synonyms | |
|
Byssomera Olsson, 1961 (disputed) | |
Carditamera is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.[1][2]
It is the type genus of the subfamily Carditamerinae.
Byssomera is usually included in Carditamera as a junior synonym nowadays, but might actually belong in the related genus Cardita.
Species
- Carditamera affinis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Carditamera arata (Conrad, 1838)
- Carditamera contigua (Dautzenberg, 1910)
- Carditamera gracilis (Shuttleworth, 1856) — West Indian cardita
- Carditamera plata (Ihering, 1907)
- Carditamera radiata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
References
- ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 44.
- ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415159
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