''Lunulicardia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of saltwater clams,
marine bivalve molluscs in the family
Cardiidae
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. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: W ...
, the cockles. Fossils species in this genus are present in the
Pliocene
The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58[Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...](_blank)
and the
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...
deposits of
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lunulicardia'' include:
*''
Lunulicardia hemicardium
''Lunulicardia'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. Fossils species in this genus are present in the Pliocene deposits of Indonesia and the Miocene deposits of Russia
Russia (, ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
*''
Lunulicardia orlini''
Mienis, 2009
*''
Lunulicardia retusa''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Lunulicardia tumorifera''
(Lamarck, 1819)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Lunulicardia auricula''
(Niebuhr in Forsskål, 1775): synonym of ''Lunulicardia retusa auricula''
(Niebuhr, 1775)
* ''Lunulicardia hemicardia''
ic synonym of ''Lunulicardia hemicardium''
(Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
* ''Lunulicardia subretusa''
Sowerby: synonym of ''Lunulicardia retusa''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
References
External links
Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402Spengler, L. (1799). Over det toskallede Slægt, Hiertemuslingen, Cardium Linnéi. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 5(1): 1-60, pl. 1.Bayle E. (1879). Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres. Journal de Conchyliologie. 27(1): 34-35Paleobiology DatabaseSepkoski's Online Genus DatabaseWoRMSEncyclopaedia of Life
Cardiidae
Bivalve genera
{{paleo-bivalve-stub