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Description

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CYCLOCARDIA, Conrad.

Rounded, equivalve, radiately costate, covered with a rough epidermis; hinge with two robust teeth in the left valve, directed obliquely backward, the posterior one elongated and slightly curved; anterior tooth of the right valve rudimentary; pallial impression entire.”

(Conrad, 1867: 191)

Cyclocardia

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Cyclocardia is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.[1][2]

The related genus Vimentum is sometimes included here.

Species

Extinct species

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 45.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyclocardia Conrad, 1867".
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Cyclocardia: Brief Summary

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Cyclocardia is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.

The related genus Vimentum is sometimes included here.

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