| Meiocardia Temporal range: Maastrichtian–present, | |
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| M. moltkiana fossil in the MNHN | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Glossoidea |
| Family: | Glossidae |
| Genus: | Meiocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 [2] [3] |
| Type species | |
| Chama moltkiana Gmelin, 1791 | |
| Species | |
See text. | |
Meiocardia is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Glossidae. [2] [4]
As of 2024, WoRMS classifies the following six extant species as belonging to Meiocardia: [2]
There are also a number of species only known from the fossil record: [2]
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The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (US), or dog whelks (UK) are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.
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