Purpurocardia purpurata

Purpurocardia purpurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Heterodonta
Order:	Carditoida
Superfamily:	Carditoidea
Family:	Carditidae
Genus:	Purpurocardia
Species:	P. purpurata
Binomial name
Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854)
Synonyms
Cardita purpurata Deshayes, 1854 Venericardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854)

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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