Carditidae

Carditidae
	Shells of several Carditidae species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Heterodonta
Order:	Carditoida
Superfamily:	Carditoidea
Family:	Carditidae; Lamarck, 1809
Subfamilies
	Carditamerinae Chavan, 1969; Carditellinae Iredale & McMichael, 1962[verification needed] (disputed); Carditesinae Chavan, 1969; Carditinae J.Fleming, 1828[verification needed]; Miodomeridinae Chavan, 1969; Thecaliinae Dall, 1903; Venericardiinae Chavan, 1969

Carditidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Carditoida, which was long included in the Veneroida. They are the type taxon of the superfamily Carditoidea. Delimitation of this family versus the closely related Condylocardiidae is somewhat problematic.

Selected genera

The living genera of Carditidae (and some fossil ones) are:

Arcturellina Chavan, 1951 (= Arcturella Chavan, 1941 nec Sars, 1879: preoccupied)
Bathycardita Iredale, 1924 (sometimes in Cardiocardita)
Beguina Röding, 1798 (= Azarella)
Baluchicardia † Rutsch and Schenck 1943
Cardiocardita Anton, 1838 (= Agaria, Cardiocardites, Divergidens)
Cardita Bruguière, 1792 (= Cardites Lamarck, 1801 nec Link, 1807: nomen rejectum)
Carditamera
Carditella E.A. Smith, 1881 (= Carditellona)
Carditellopsis Iredale, 1936
Cardites Link, 1807 nec Lamarck, 1801: nomen conservandum (= Actinobolus Mörch, 1853 nec Westwood, 1842: preoccupied, Cardita Megerle, 1811 nec Bruguière, 1792: preoccupied)
Choniocardia Cossmann, 1904 (fossil)
Centrocardita Sacco, 1899 (sometimes in Glans)
Coripia de Gregorio, 1885 (sometimes in Pteromeris)
Cyclocardia
Glans Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
Glyptoactis Stewart, 1930
Goossensia^{[verification needed]} Cossmann, 1885
Lazariella Sacco, 1899 (sometimes in Carditella)
Megacardita Sacco, 1899
Milneria Dall, 1881 (= Ceropsis Dall, 1871 nec Gay & Solier, 1839: preoccupied)
Miodomeris^{[verification needed]} Chavan, 1936
Miodontiscus Dall, 1903 (= Miodon Carpenter, 1863 nec Duméril, 1859: preoccupied)
Paraglans^{[verification needed]} Chavan, 1941
Pleuromeris
Powellina Huber, 2010
Pteromeris
Purpurocardia Maxwell, 1969
Strophocardia Olsson, 1961
Thecalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
Venericardia
Venericor^{[verification needed]} Stewart, 1930
Vimentum Iredale, 1925 (sometimes in Cyclocardia)

References

Powell A. W. B. (1979): New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2008): Psamathini. Version of 2008-MAR-26. Retrieved 2009-FEB-23.