Lunulicardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. Fossils species in this genus are present in the Pliocene deposits of Indonesia and the Miocene deposits of Russia.
Species Species within the genus Lunulicardia include: Lunulicardia hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758) Lunulicardia orlini Mienis, 2009 Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767) Lunulicardia tumorifera (Lamarck, 1819) Species brought into synonymy Lunulicardia auricula (Niebuhr in Forsskål, 1775): synonym of Lunulicardia retusa auricula (Niebuhr, 1775) Lunulicardia hemicardia [sic]: synonym of Lunulicardia hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Lunulicardia subretusa Sowerby: synonym of Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402 Spengler, L. (1799). Over det toskallede Slægt, Hiertemuslingen, Cardium Linnéi. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 5(1): 1-60, pl. 1. Bayle E. (1879). Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres. Journal de Conchyliologie. 27(1): 34-35 Paleobiology Database Sepkoski's Online Genus Database WoRMS Encyclopaedia of Life