Pliocardia is a
genus
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of saltwater clams,
marine bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
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
Vesicomyidae
Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vesicomyidae Dall & Simpson, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.ma ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464299 on 2022-02-01]
Species
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Pliocardia atalantae''
(Cosel & Olu, 2009)
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Pliocardia bowdeniana
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
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(Dall, 1903)
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Pliocardia caribbea''
(Boss, 1967)
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Pliocardia cordata''
(Boss, 1968)
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Pliocardia crenulomarginata''
(Okutani, Kojima & Iwasaki, 2002)
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Pliocardia donacia
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
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(Dall, 1908)
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Pliocardia hayashii
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
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(Habe, 1976)
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Pliocardia indica
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
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(E. A. Smith, 1904)
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Pliocardia italica
Pliocardia is a Genus (biology), genus of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
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Kiel & Taviani, 2017
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Pliocardia kawadai
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
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(Aoki, 1954)
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Pliocardia krylovata
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
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A. M. Martin & Goffredi, 2012
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Pliocardia kuroshimana
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
(Okutani, Fujikura & Kojima, 2000)
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Pliocardia ovalis
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
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(Dall, 1896)
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Pliocardia ponderosa
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
''
(Boss, 1968)
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Pliocardia solidissima
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
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(Prashad, 1932)
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Pliocardia stearnsii
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
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(Dall, 1895)
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Pliocardia tanakai
Pliocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Vesicomyidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pliocardia Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org ...
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Miyajima, Nobuhara & Koike, 2017
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Pliocardia ticaonica''
(Dall, 1908)
References
* Woodring W.P. (1925). Miocene Mollusca from Bowden Jamaica, pelecypods and scaphopods. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 366 : 1–564, pl. 1-40.
* Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp
Vesicomyidae
Bivalve genera
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