Cardiapoda

Cardiapoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Pterotracheoidea
Family:	Carinariidae
Genus:	Cardiapoda D'Orbigny, 1835
Species
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Cardiapoda is a genus of very small floating sea snails or heteropods, pelagic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Carinariidae.

Both tentacles are of equal size and well-developed. The external layer of the body wall is thin.

They are found worldwide in the pelagic zone of warm seas.

Species

• Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) - flat cardiapod
• Cardiapoda richardi Vayssière, 1903

Synonyms

• Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) )
• Cardiapoda carinata D'Orbigny, 1834 (synonym of Cardiapoda richardi Vayssière, 1903)
• Cardiapoda pedunculata D'Orbigny, 1835 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) )
• Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) )

References

• Seapy, Roger R. 2008. Cardiapoda d'Orbigny 1836. Version 12 February 2008, Tree of Life Web Project : Cardiapoda
• "Cardiapoda". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1