Papyridea

Papyridea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Heterodonta
Order:	Cardiida
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Papyridea ; Swainson, 1840

Last updated March 04, 2021

Papyridea is a genus of molluscs in the family Cardiidae.^[1]

Species

Papyridea aspersa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Papyridea crockeri (A. M. Strong & Hertlein, 1937)
Papyridea hiulca (Reeve, 1845)
Papyridea lata (Born, 1778)
Papyridea semisulcata (J.E. Gray, 1825)
Papyridea soleniformis (Bruguiere, 1789)— spiny paper cockle

Related Research Articles

A cockle is an edible, marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae. True cockles live in sandy, sheltered beaches throughout the world. The distinctive rounded shells are bilaterally symmetrical, and are heart-shaped when viewed from the end. Numerous radial, evenly spaced ribs are a feature of the shell in most but not all genera.

Papyridea soleniformis, the spiny paper cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.

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. 59-60.

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[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. 59-60.

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