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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]
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Overview. Common name: Little heart clams. Key morphological features: The Carditidae range in size up to ~100mm. The shells are equivalve, inflated and oval to rounded-rectangular to trapezoidal in outline. Exterior ornamentation consists of strong radial ribs, occasionally crossed by commarginal ribs as well, and are composed of aragonite.
Overview. Carditidae Fleming, 1820. Common Name: Extant/Extinct. Key morphological features: Carditidae shells have a rounded trapezoid shape with strong ribbing. SIZE: Paleoecology: MOBILITY: Mobile. FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder. HABITAT: Infaunal. Sources: Cox, L. R. et al. 1969.
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Species. References. Cardita is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae . Naming. Especially in the early 19th century, this genus was often confused with the Carditid genus Cardites. Cardita was originally established by J.G. Bruguière in 1792. However, in 1801 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck described it under the name Cardites.
Carditida Carter et al. p. 13 References Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47
