''Papyridea'' is a genus of
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the family
Cardiidae
A cockle is an edible marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae.>MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: W ...
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[Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 59-60.]
Species
* ''
Papyridea aspersa''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* ''
Papyridea crockeri''
(A. M. Strong & Hertlein, 1937)
* ''
Papyridea hiulca''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Papyridea lata''
(Born, 1778)
* ''
Papyridea semisulcata''
(J.E. Gray, 1825)
* ''
Papyridea soleniformis''
(Bruguiere, 1789) — spiny paper cockle
References
Cardiidae
Bivalve genera
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