Pliocardia is a
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of saltwater clams,
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bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the family
Vesicomyidae
Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464299 on 2022-02-01]
Species
* ''
Pliocardia atalantae''
(Cosel & Olu, 2009)
* † ''
Pliocardia bowdeniana''
(Dall, 1903)
* ''
Pliocardia caribbea''
(Boss, 1967)
* ''
Pliocardia cordata''
(Boss, 1968)
* ''
Pliocardia crenulomarginata''
(Okutani, Kojima & Iwasaki, 2002)
* ''
Pliocardia donacia
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae
Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.
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''
(Dall, 1908)
* ''
Pliocardia hayashii''
(Habe, 1976)
* ''
Pliocardia indica''
(E. A. Smith, 1904)
* † ''
Pliocardia italica''
Kiel & Taviani, 2017
* † ''
Pliocardia kawadai''
(Aoki, 1954)
* ''
Pliocardia krylovata''
A. M. Martin & Goffredi, 2012
* ''
Pliocardia kuroshimana''
(Okutani, Fujikura & Kojima, 2000)
* ''
Pliocardia ovalis''
(Dall, 1896)
* ''
Pliocardia ponderosa''
(Boss, 1968)
* ''
Pliocardia solidissima''
(Prashad, 1932)
* ''
Pliocardia stearnsii''
(Dall, 1895)
* † ''
Pliocardia tanakai''
Miyajima, Nobuhara & Koike, 2017
* ''
Pliocardia ticaonica''
(Dall, 1908)
References
* Woodring W.P. (1925). Miocene Mollusca from Bowden Jamaica, pelecypods and scaphopods. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 366 : 1–564, pl. 1-40.
* Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp
External links
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Vesicomyidae
Bivalve genera
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