Cardioidea is a taxonomic superfamily of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs consisting of the extant Cardiidae (cockles) and the extinct Pterocardiidae.
Taxonomy These families are assigned to Cardioidea:
The use of † indicates taxa that are extinct.
Family: Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=229 on 2019-05-16 Subfamily Cardiinae Lamarck, 1809 Subfamily Clinocardiinae Kafanov, 1975 Subfamily Fraginae Stewart, 1930 Subfamily Laevicardiinae Keen, 1951 Subfamily Lahilliinae Finlay & Marwick, 1937† Subfamily Lymnocardiinae Stoliczka, 1870 Subfamily Orthocardiinae J. A. Schneider, 2002 Subfamily Protocardiinae Bronn, 1849† Subfamily Trachycardiinae Stewart, 1930 Subfamily Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819 Family: Pterocardiidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 Genus Pterocardia Bayan, 1874MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pterocardia Bayan, 1874 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873298 on 2019-05-16 Species Pterocardia alata Rollier, 1912 Species Pterocardia brouzetense Cossmann, 1907 Species Pterocardia cochleata (Quenstedt, 1852) Species Pterocardia corallina (Leymerie, 1845) Species Pterocardia couloni Rollier, 1912 Species Pterocardia subminuta (d'Orbigny, 1850) Species Pterocardia valfinense Rollier, 1912 Species Pterocardia wimmisense Rollier, 1912
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