Cyclocardia

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Cyclocardia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Superfamily: Carditoidea
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Cyclocardia
Conrad, 1867
Synonyms

ArcturusHumphrey in Sowerby, 1839 (non Latreille, 1829: preoccupied)
BendeglansEames, 1957
CrassicardiaSavitsky, 1979
and see text

Cyclocardia is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae. [1] [2]

The related genus Vimentum is sometimes included here.

Species

Extinct species

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References

  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 45.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyclocardia Conrad, 1867".