Purpurocardia purpurata
| Purpurocardia purpurata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Carditida |
| Family: | Carditidae |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | P. purpurata
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| Binomial name | |
| Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cardita purpurata Deshayes, 1854 | |
Shell from outside
Shell from inside
Purpurocardia purpurata is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Carditidae. Its genus was long included in Venericardia, but is increasingly treated as distinct.
References[]
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Categories:
- Carditidae
- Bivalves of New Zealand