Americardia

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Americardia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Americardia
Stewart, 1930

Americardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1]

Species[]

Species within the genus Americardia include:

References[]

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 58.
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