Venericardia Explained
Venericardia is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Carditidae.[1]
It is the type genus of subfamily Venericardiinae. The closely related Purpurocardia was for long included here as a subgenus, but is increasingly considered distinct.
Species
Species of Venericardia include:
- Venericardia amabilis
- Venericardia bimaculata
- Venericardia ferruginea
- Venericardia granulata
- †Venericardia imbricata (Gmelin, 1791)
- †Venericardia iheringi (Boehm, 1903)
- Venericardia planicosta
References
Notes and References
- Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Venericardia Lamarck, 1801 †.