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''Carditamera'' is a genus of
''Carditamera'' is a genus of molluscs
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...
in the family Carditidae.
It is the type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
of the subfamily Carditamerinae.
''Byssomera'' is a junior synonym or subgenus of ''Carditamera'' but has sometimes been written as a subgenus of '' Cardita'', due to its type species having been synonymised from ''Cardita'' (''Byssomera'') ''affinis'' to ''Carditamera'' (''Byssomera'') ''affinis''.
Species
* '' Carditamera affinis'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) * ''Carditamera arata
''Carditamera'' is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.
It is the type genus of the subfamily Carditamerinae.
''Byssomera'' is a junior synonym or subgenus of ''Carditamera'' but has sometimes been written as a subgenus of '' Cardi ...
'' (Conrad, 1838)
* ''Carditamera contigua
''Carditamera'' is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.
It is the type genus of the subfamily Carditamerinae.
''Byssomera'' is a junior synonym or subgenus of ''Carditamera'' but has sometimes been written as a subgenus of ''Cardita'', ...
'' (Dautzenberg, 1910)
* '' Carditamera gracilis'' (Shuttleworth, 1856) – West Indian cardita
* '' Carditamera plata'' (Ihering, 1907)
* '' Carditamera radiata'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
References
Carditidae Bivalve genera {{bivalve-stub