''Papyridea'' is a genus of
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 ...
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[Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 59-60.]
Species
* ''
Papyridea aspersa''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* ''
Papyridea crockeri''
(A. M. Strong & Hertlein, 1937)
* ''
Papyridea hiulca''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Papyridea lata''
(Born, 1778)
* ''
Papyridea semisulcata''
(J.E. Gray, 1825)
* ''
Papyridea soleniformis''
(Bruguiere, 1789) — spiny paper cockle
References
Cardiidae
Bivalve genera
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