Americardia
Americardia | |
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Scientific classification | |
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:
- Americardia media (Linnaeus, 1758) — Atlantic strawberry cockle
References[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Cardiidae
- Bivalve genera
- Bivalve stubs