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Family: Carditidae carditas



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89 species (see list below)
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Akardita monodi
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Bathycardita raouli
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Beguina gubernaculum
[Rudder cardita]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Beguina semiorbiculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Beguina semiorbiculata
[Halfround cardita]
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Cardiocardita ajar
[Ajar cadita]
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Cardiocardita tankervillii
[Tankerville's cardita]
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Cardita aoteana
[Dog's foot cockle]

Photo by França, Antonio

Mediterranean Sea

Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Cardita calyculata
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Cardita crassicosta
[Large-ribbed Cardita]
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Cardita distorta
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Cardita ffinchi
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Cardita leana
[Wrinkled cardit]
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Cardita muricata
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Cardita pica
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific. Tropical to
Max. Length 3 cm SHL
Cardita variegata Bruguiére, 1792

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Cardita variegata
[Rectangular false cockle]
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Max. Length 3.8 cm DL
 
Carditamera floridana
[Broad-ribbed carditid]
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Max. Length 3.8 cm DL
 
Carditamera gracilis
[West Indian cardita]
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Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Carditamera plata
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Carditella delli
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Carditella exulata
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Carditella hanzawai
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Carditella hawaiensis
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Carditella mawsoni
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Carditella naviformis
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Carditella pallida
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Cardites akabana
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 5.5 cm SHL
Cardites bicolor (Lamarck, 1819)

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Cardites bicolor
[Twotoned cardita]
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Cardites floridanus
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Max. Length 0.4 cm SHL
 
Centrocardita pileolata
[]

Photo by Miller, Todd

Arctic and Eastern Pacifi

Coanicardita ventricosa (Gould, 1850)

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Coanicardita ventricosa
[Stout Cyclocardia]
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Coripia jozinae
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Crassicardia crassidens
[Thick Cyclocardia]
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Crassicardia crebricostata
[Many-rib Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia armilla
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Pacific and the
Max. Length 3.5 cm SHL
Cyclocardia astartoides (Martens, 1878)

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Cyclocardia astartoides
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Cyclocardia bailyi
[Bumpy Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia barbarensis
[Santa Barbara Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia borealis
[Northern Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia compressa
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Cyclocardia congelascens
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Cyclocardia gouldii
[Gould Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia incisa
[Cut Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia moniliata
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Cyclocardia novangliae
[New England Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia ovata
[Ovate Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia rjabininae
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Cyclocardia spurca
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Cyclocardia thouarsii
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Cyclocardia umnaka
[Aleutian Cyclocardia]
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Cyclocardia velutina
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Glans aculeata
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Max. Length 1 cm SHL
 
Glans carpenteri
[Carpenter carditid]
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Glans dominguensis
[Santo domingo carditid]
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Glans hirasei
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Glans kyushuensis
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Glans millegrana
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Glans sagamiensis
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Glans subquadrata
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Glans trapezia
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Hamacuna aupouria
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Hamacuna gibbosa
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Hamacuna otagoensis
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Megacardita coreensis
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Megacardita ferruginosa
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Megacardita nodulosa
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Milneria kelseyi
[Kelsey pouchclam]
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Milneria minima
[Tiny pouchclam]
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Miodontiscus prolongatus
[Elongate carditid]
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Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Pleuromeris armilla
[Armlet carditid]
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Pleuromeris benthicola
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Pleuromeris latiuscala
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Pleuromeris latiuscala benthicola
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Pleuromeris marshalli
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Pleuromeris micella
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Pleuromeris paucicostata
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Pleuromeris perplana
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Pleuromeris sanmartini
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Pleuromeris tridentata
[Threetooth carditid]
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Pleuromeris ultima
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Pleuromeris zelandica
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Powellina brookesi
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Pteromeris corbis
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Pteromeris perplana
[Flattened carditid]
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Purpurocardia purpurata
[Purple cockle]
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Purpurocardia reinga
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Venericardia antiquata
[Old cardita]
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Venericardia tridentata
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Venericardia wendellwoodringi
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Vimentum dilectum
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Akardita monodi Eastern Central Atlantic 1953
Bathycardita raouli Eastern Central Atlantic 1872
Beguina gubernaculum Rudder cardita Western Indian Ocean 1843
Beguina semiorbiculata Halfround cardita Indo-West Pacific 10 SHL 1758
Cardiocardita ajar Ajar cadita Eastern Central Atlantic. 1792
Cardiocardita tankervillii Tankerville's cardita Eastern Central Atlantic 1828
Cardita aoteana Dog's foot cockle Southwest Pacific 1927
Cardita calyculata Mediterranean Sea 1758
Cardita crassicosta Large-ribbed Cardita Indian Ocean 1819
Cardita distorta Southwest Pacific 1843
Cardita ffinchi Western Indian Ocean 1898
Cardita leana Wrinkled cardit Western Pacific. 1859
Cardita muricata Southwest Pacific and Eas 1833
Cardita pica Western Pacific 1843
Cardita variegata Rectangular false cockle Indo-Pacific. Tropical to 3 SHL 1792
Carditamera floridana Broad-ribbed carditid Western Central Atlantic. 3.8 DL 1838
Carditamera gracilis West Indian cardita Western Atlantic 3.8 DL 1856
Carditamera plata Western Atlantic. 0.9 DL 1907
Carditella delli Southwest Pacific 1966
Carditella exulata Western Atlantic. 1885
Carditella hanzawai Northwest Pacific 1933
Carditella hawaiensis Southwest Pacific and Eas 1938
Carditella mawsoni Antarctic Atlantic 1972
Carditella naviformis Southwest Atlantic and So 1843
Carditella pallida Southeast Pacific and Sou 1881
Cardites akabana Mediterranean Sea. 1899
Cardites bicolor Twotoned cardita Indo-West Pacific. 5.5 SHL 1819
Cardites floridanus Indo-West Pacific. 1838
Centrocardita pileolata Western Indian Ocean 0.4 SHL 2004
Coanicardita ventricosa Stout Cyclocardia Arctic and Eastern Pacifi 1850
Coripia jozinae Mediterranean Sea. 1985
Crassicardia crassidens Thick Cyclocardia Northern Pacific and the 1829
Crassicardia crebricostata Many-rib Cyclocardia Northern Pacific and Arct 1885
Cyclocardia armilla Northern Pacific and Arct 1903
Cyclocardia astartoides Southern Pacific and the 3.5 SHL 1878
Cyclocardia bailyi Bumpy Cyclocardia East Pacific. 1944
Cyclocardia barbarensis Santa Barbara Cyclocardia East Pacific. 1891
Cyclocardia borealis Northern Cyclocardia Arctic and Northwest Atla 1831
Cyclocardia compressa Southwest Atlantic and So 1843
Cyclocardia congelascens Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL 1912
Cyclocardia gouldii Gould Cyclocardia East Pacific. 1903
Cyclocardia incisa Cut Cyclocardia East Pacific. 1903
Cyclocardia moniliata Western Atlantic. 1903
Cyclocardia novangliae New England Cyclocardia North America. 1869
Cyclocardia ovata Ovate Cyclocardia East Pacific and the Arct 1952
Cyclocardia rjabininae East Pacific and the Arct 1955
Cyclocardia spurca Southeast Pacific 1833
Cyclocardia thouarsii Southeast Pacific and Wes 0.4 DL 1846
Cyclocardia umnaka Aleutian Cyclocardia East Pacific. 1932
Cyclocardia velutina Southeast Pacific and Sou 1881
Glans aculeata Mediterranean Sea 1795
Glans carpenteri Carpenter carditid Northeast Pacific 1 SHL 1922
Glans dominguensis Santo domingo carditid Western Central Atlantic. 1842
Glans hirasei Western Pacific. 1918
Glans kyushuensis Western Pacific. 1963
Glans millegrana Northwest Pacific 1934
Glans sagamiensis Northwest Pacific 1961
Glans subquadrata Eastern Pacific. Boreal 1864
Glans trapezia Mediterranean Sea 1767
Hamacuna aupouria Southwest Pacific 1937
Hamacuna gibbosa Southwest Pacific 1937
Hamacuna otagoensis Southwest Pacific 1927
Megacardita coreensis Northwest Pacific 1852
Megacardita ferruginosa Western Pacific. 1850
Megacardita nodulosa Indo-West Pacific 1819
Milneria kelseyi Kelsey pouchclam East Pacific. 1916
Milneria minima Tiny pouchclam East Pacific. 1871
Miodontiscus prolongatus Elongate carditid East Pacific. 1864
Pleuromeris armilla Armlet carditid Western Central Atlantic 2 DL 1903
Pleuromeris benthicola Southwest Pacific 1937
Pleuromeris latiuscala Southwest Pacific 1937
Pleuromeris latiuscala benthicola Southwest Pacific 1937
Pleuromeris marshalli Southwest Pacific 1924
Pleuromeris micella Western Central Atlantic 0.2 DL 1958
Pleuromeris paucicostata Southwest Pacific 1940
Pleuromeris perplana Southwest Pacific 1841
Pleuromeris sanmartini Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL 1970
Pleuromeris tridentata Threetooth carditid Western Central Atlantic 0.8 DL 1826
Pleuromeris ultima Southwest Pacific 1956
Pleuromeris zelandica Southwest Pacific 1854
Powellina brookesi Southwest Pacific 1926
Pteromeris corbis Mediterranean Sea. 1836
Pteromeris perplana Flattened carditid Western Central Atlantic 0.7 DL 1841
Purpurocardia purpurata Purple cockle Southwest Pacific 1854
Purpurocardia reinga Southwest Pacific 1933
Venericardia antiquata Old cardita Mediterranean Sea 1758
Venericardia tridentata Mediterranean Sea 1826
Venericardia wendellwoodringi Western Atlantic. 1964
Vimentum dilectum Eastern Indian Ocean 1885



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