Lunulicardia
| Lunulicardia | |
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| Fossil specimen of Lunulicardia species from Italy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Superfamily: | Cardioidea |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Lunulicardia Gray 1853 |
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Lunulicardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks 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 auricula (Niebuhr in Forsskål, 1775)
- Lunulicardia hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lunulicardia orlini Mienis, 2009
- Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767)
References
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