Pliocardia is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of saltwater clams,

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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 ...

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s in the family

Vesicomyidae Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vesicomyidae Dall & Simpson, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.ma ...

.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'' (Dall, 1908) * ''

Pliocardia hayashii Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ ...

'' (Habe, 1976) * ''

Pliocardia indica Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/a ...

'' (E. A. Smith, 1904) * † ''

Pliocardia italica Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ ...

'' Kiel & Taviani, 2017 * † ''

Pliocardia kawadai Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ ...

'' (Aoki, 1954) * ''

Pliocardia krylovata Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/a ...

'' A. M. Martin & Goffredi, 2012 * ''

Pliocardia kuroshimana Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/a ...

'' (Okutani, Fujikura & Kojima, 2000) * ''

Pliocardia ovalis Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/a ...

'' (Dall, 1896) * ''

Pliocardia ponderosa Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/a ...

'' (Boss, 1968) * ''

Pliocardia solidissima Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/a ...

'' (Prashad, 1932) * ''

Pliocardia stearnsii Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/a ...

'' (Dall, 1895) * † ''

Pliocardia tanakai Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/a ...

'' Miyajima, Nobuhara & Koike, 2017 * ''

Pliocardia ticaonica Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/a ...

'' (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

* Vesicomyidae Bivalve genera {{bivalve-stub