''Cardita'' is a
genus
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of
marine bivalve molluscs in the
family
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Carditidae.
Naming
Especially in the early 19th century, this genus was often confused with the Carditid genus ''
Cardites
''Cardites'' is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the f ...
''. ''Cardita'' was originally established by
J.G. Bruguière in 1792. However, in 1801
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
described it under the name ''Cardites''.
J.H.F. Link subsequently described a new genus using the name ''Cardites'' in 1807. When this homonymy was realised, Megerle in 1811 re-described Link's genus ''Cardites'' as ''Cardita''.
Megerle's action resulted in four technically valid names which formed two mutual pairs of
homonym
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s. The matter was ultimately resolved by starting with the oldest name – that of Bruguière – and applying it as intended, and
suppressing Lamarck's name so that Link's
junior homonym
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The rule in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is that the first such name to be published is the se ...
could be used for ''Cardites''.
In addition to the numerous
junior synonyms, ''
Byssomera'' – a junior synonym or subgenus of ''
Carditamera'' – has sometimes been written as a subgenus of ''Cardita'', due to its type species having been synonymised from ''Cardita'' (''Byssomera'') ''affinis'' to ''Carditamera'' (''Byssomera'') ''affinis''.
Species
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WoRMS Worms may refer to:
*Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs
Places
*Worms, Germany
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:
*''
Cardita aviculina''
Lamarck, 1819
*''
Cardita caliculaeformis''
Deshayes in Maillard, 1863
*''
Cardita calyculata''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
*''
Cardita crassicosta''
Lamarck, 1819
*''
Cardita distorta''
Reeve, 1843
*''
Cardita excisa''
Philippi, 1847
*''
Cardita ffinchi
''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. B ...
''
(Melvill, 1898)
*''
Cardita hawaiensis
''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. ...
''
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
*''
Cardita kyushuensis
''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. B ...
''
(Okutani, 1963)
*''
Cardita leana
''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. B ...
''
Dunker, 1860
*†''
Cardita marwicki''
Laws, 1944
*''
Cardita muricata''
G.B. Sowerby I, 1833
*†''
Cardita northcrofti''
Marwick, 1928
*''
Cardita pica''
Reeve, 1843
*''
Cardita senegalensis''
Reeve, 1843
*''
Cardita variegata
''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, 1792
*''
Cardita vinsoni''
Viader, 1951
References
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Carditidae
Bivalve genera