''Nemocardium'' is a genus of
bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
s belonging to 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 genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
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Nemocardium australojaponicum''
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Nemocardium bechei''
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Nemocardium carteri''
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Nemocardium cooperii''
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Nemocardium diversa''
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Nemocardium enigmaticum''
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Nemocardium eugenense''
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Nemocardium fulvum''
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Nemocardium granosulcatum''
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Nemocardium hadraterum''
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Nemocardium jamaicense''
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Nemocardium lene''
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Nemocardium nicoletti''
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Nemocardium patulum''
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Nemocardium probatum''
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Nemocardium salrivale''
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Nemocardium semiasperum''
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Nemocardium serum''
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Nemocardium textum''
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Nemocardium toriii''
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Nemocardium turgidum''
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Nemocardium yokoyamai''
References
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Cardiidae
Bivalve genera