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Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Family: Carditidae carditas

Genus: Cardita

(See list of species below)

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9 species (see list below)
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Cardita aoteana
[Dog's foot cockle]

França, Antonio

Mediterranean Sea

Cardita calyculata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by França, Antonio
 
Cardita calyculata
[]
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Cardita crassicosta
[Large-ribbed Cardita]
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Cardita distorta
[]
No picture found
 
Cardita ffinchi
[]
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Cardita leana
[Wrinkled cardit]
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Cardita muricata
[]
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Cardita pica
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific. Tropical to
Max. Length 3 cm SHL
Cardita variegataBruguiére, 1792

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Cardita variegata
[Rectangular false cockle]


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