Lunulicardia

Lunulicardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. Fossils species in this genus are present in the Pliocene deposits of Indonesia and the Miocene deposits of Russia.

Lunulicardia
Fossil specimen of Lunulicardia species from Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Lunulicardia
Gray, 1853
Synonyms
  • Hemicardia Spengler, 1799

Species

Species within the genus Lunulicardia include:

  • Lunulicardia auricula (Niebuhr in Forsskål, 1775)
  • Lunulicardia hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lunulicardia orlini Mienis, 2009
  • Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767)

References

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