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Family: Carditidae carditas



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89 species (see list below)
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Akardita monodi
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Bathycardita raouli
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Beguina gubernaculum
[Rudder cardita]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Beguina semiorbiculata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Beguina semiorbiculata
[Halfround cardita]
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Cardiocardita ajar
[Ajar cadita]
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Cardiocardita tankervillii
[Tankerville's cardita]
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Cardita aoteana
[Dog's foot cockle]

França, Antonio

Mediterranean Sea

Cardita calyculata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by França, Antonio
 
Cardita calyculata
[]
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Cardita crassicosta
[Large-ribbed Cardita]
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Cardita distorta
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Cardita ffinchi
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Cardita leana
[Wrinkled cardit]
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Cardita muricata
[]
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Cardita pica
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific. Tropical to
Max. Length 3 cm SHL
Cardita variegataBruguiére, 1792

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Cardita variegata
[Rectangular false cockle]
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Max. Length 3.8 cm DL
 
Carditamera floridana
[Broad-ribbed carditid]
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Max. Length 3.8 cm DL
 
Carditamera gracilis
[West Indian cardita]
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Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Carditamera plata
[]
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Carditella delli
[]
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Carditella exulata
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Carditella hanzawai
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Carditella hawaiensis
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Carditella mawsoni
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Carditella naviformis
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Carditella pallida
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Cardites akabana
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 5.5 cm SHL
Cardites bicolor(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by FAO
 
Cardites bicolor
[Twotoned cardita]
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Cardites floridanus
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Max. Length 0.4 cm SHL
 
Centrocardita pileolata
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Miller, Todd

Arctic and Eastern Pacifi

Coanicardita ventricosa(Gould, 1850)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Coanicardita ventricosa
[Stout Cyclocardia]
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Coripia jozinae
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Crassicardia crassidens
[Thick Cyclocardia]
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Crassicardia crebricostata
[Many-rib Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia armilla
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Pacific and the
Max. Length 3.5 cm SHL
Cyclocardia astartoides(Martens, 1878)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Cyclocardia astartoides
[]
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Cyclocardia bailyi
[Bumpy Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia barbarensis
[Santa Barbara Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia borealis
[Northern Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia compressa
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Cyclocardia congelascens
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Cyclocardia gouldii
[Gould Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia incisa
[Cut Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia moniliata
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Cyclocardia novangliae
[New England Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia ovata
[Ovate Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia rjabininae
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Cyclocardia spurca
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Cyclocardia thouarsii
[]
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Cyclocardia umnaka
[Aleutian Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia velutina
[]
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Glans aculeata
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm SHL
 
Glans carpenteri
[Carpenter carditid]
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Glans dominguensis
[Santo domingo carditid]
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Glans hirasei
[]
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Glans kyushuensis
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Glans millegrana
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Glans sagamiensis
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Glans subquadrata
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Glans trapezia
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Hamacuna aupouria
[]
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Hamacuna gibbosa
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Hamacuna otagoensis
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Megacardita coreensis
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Megacardita ferruginosa
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Megacardita nodulosa
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Milneria kelseyi
[Kelsey pouchclam]
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Milneria minima
[Tiny pouchclam]
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Miodontiscus prolongatus
[Elongate carditid]
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Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Pleuromeris armilla
[Armlet carditid]
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Pleuromeris benthicola
[]
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Pleuromeris latiuscala
[]
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Pleuromeris latiuscala benthicola
[]
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Pleuromeris marshalli
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Pleuromeris micella
[]
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Pleuromeris paucicostata
[]
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Pleuromeris perplana
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Pleuromeris sanmartini
[]
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Pleuromeris tridentata
[Threetooth carditid]
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Pleuromeris ultima
[]
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Pleuromeris zelandica
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Powellina brookesi
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Pteromeris corbis
[]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Pteromeris perplana
[Flattened carditid]
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Purpurocardia purpurata
[Purple cockle]
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Purpurocardia reinga
[]
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Venericardia antiquata
[Old cardita]
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Venericardia tridentata
[]
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Venericardia wendellwoodringi
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Vimentum dilectum
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