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Cardita
Sign in to saveCardita is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderCarditida
- FamilyCarditidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,607
- With media
- 217
- Family
- Carditidae
- Collections
- LACM, IGL-UNAM, UF, USNM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Senegal, Ecuador, France, Belgium
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Carditidae
- Image
- Cardita variegata.jpg
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- taxon name
- Cardita
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- topic's main category
- Category:Cardita
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- Cardita
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Naming
- Species
- References
Cardita is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae.
== Naming == Especially in the early 19th century, this genus was often confused with the Carditid genus Cardites. Cardita was originally established by J.G. Bruguière in 1792. However, in 1801 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck described it under the name Cardites. J.H.F. Link subsequently described a new genus using the name Cardites in 1807. When this homonymy was realised, Megerle in 1811 re-described Link's genus Cardites as Cardita.
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