Meiocardia

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Meiocardia
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–present, 72.1–0 Ma[1]
File:Meiocardia moltkiana MNHN.F.A27000.jpg
M. moltkiana fossil in the MNHN
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Glossoidea
Family: Glossidae
Genus: Meiocardia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857[2][3]
Type species
Chama moltkiana
Gmelin, 1791
Species

See text.

Meiocardia is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Glossidae.[2][4]

Species

As of 2024, WoRMS classifies the following six extant species as belonging to Meiocardia:[2]

There are also a number of species only known from the fossil record:[2]

  • Meiocardia palmerae Nicol, 1968
  • Meiocardia floridana (Dall, 1900)
  • Meiocardia septemcostata Wanner & Hahn, 1935
  • Meiocardia subcumingii (H. Woodward, 1879)

References

  1. "Meiocardia Adams and A. 1857". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Meiocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. Adams, Henry; Adams, Arthur (1858). The Genera of Recent Mollusca. Vol. 2. London: John van Voorst. p. 461.
  4. Matsukuma, Akihiko; Habe, Tadashige (1995). Bouchet, Philippe (ed.). "Systematic revision of living species of Meiocardia, Glossidae and Glossocardia, Trapezidae (Bivalvia)". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167 (Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14): 77–91.

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