| Carditida | |
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| Shells of several Carditidae species | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Infraclass: | Heteroconchia |
| Subterclass: | Archiheterodonta |
| Order: | Carditida Lamarck, 1809 |
| Superfamilies | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carditoida | |
Carditida is an order of marine bivalve clams.
Superfamilies and families
According to the World Register of Marine Species:1
- Family: †Archaeocardiidae
- Superfamily: Carditoidea
- Family: Carditidae
- Family: Condylocardiidae
- Superfamily: Crassatelloidea
- Family: Crassatellidae
- Family: Astartidae
- Family: †Eodonidae
Notes:
- Previously in 2010, Condylocardiidae was classified in its own superfamily, Condylocardioidea.2
- Carditida does not yet exist in the ITIS classification, with its families instead being included in Venerida.3
References
References
- "Carditida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Bieler, Rüdiger; Carter, Joseph G.; Coan, Eugene V. (May 2010). "Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families". Malacologia. 52 (2): 94. doi:10.4002/040.052.0201. ISSN 0076-2997. S2CID 86546840.
- "ITIS Standard Report Page: Veneroida". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
External links
External links
- Data related to Carditida at Wikispecies
- Media related to Carditida at Wikimedia Commons
- "Carditida". The Encyclopedia of Life.