Lunulicardia Gray 1853

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.

Species

Species within the genus Lunulicardia include:

• Lunulicardia hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lunulicardia orlini Mienis, 2009
• Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Lunulicardia tumorifera (Lamarck, 1819)

Species brought into synonymy

• Lunulicardia auricula (Niebuhr in Forsskål, 1775): synonym of Lunulicardia retusa auricula (Niebuhr, 1775)
• Lunulicardia hemicardia [sic]: synonym of Lunulicardia hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
• Lunulicardia subretusa Sowerby: synonym of Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767)

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