Carditida

Order of molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Carditida is an order of marine bivalve clams.

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Infraclass:Heteroconchia
Subterclass:Archiheterodonta
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Carditida
Shells of several Carditidae species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Infraclass: Heteroconchia
Subterclass: Archiheterodonta
Order: Carditida
Lamarck, 1809
Superfamilies
Synonyms

Carditoida

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Superfamilies and families

According to the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

  • Family: †Archaeocardiidae
  • Family: †Eodonidae

Notes:

  • Previously in 2010, Condylocardiidae was classified in its own superfamily, Condylocardioidea.[2]
  • Carditida does not yet exist in the ITIS classification, with its families instead being included in Venerida.[3]

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