Cardiapoda is a genus of very small floating sea snails or heteropods, pelagic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Carinariidae.
Both tentacles are of equal size and well-developed. The external layer of the body wall is thin.
They are found worldwide in the pelagic zone of warm seas.
Species Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) - flat cardiapod Cardiapoda richardi Vayssière, 1903
Synonyms Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) ) Cardiapoda carinata D'Orbigny, 1834 (synonym of Cardiapoda richardi Vayssière, 1903) Cardiapoda pedunculata D'Orbigny, 1835 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) ) Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) )
References Seapy, Roger R. 2008. Cardiapoda d'Orbigny 1836. Version 12 February 2008, Tree of Life Web Project : Cardiapoda
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979