Lunulicardia
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.
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| Fossil specimen of Lunulicardia species from Italy | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Lunulicardia Gray, 1853 |
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Species
Species within the genus Lunulicardia include:
- Lunulicardia auricula (Niebuhr in Forsskål, 1775)
- Lunulicardia hemicardium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lunulicardia orlini Mienis, 2009
- Lunulicardia retusa (Linnaeus, 1767)
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