Vepricardium
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| Vepricardium | |
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| shell of Vepricardium eichhorsti (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Superfamily: | Cardioidea |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Vepricardium Iredale, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Vepricardium pulchricostatum Iredale, 1929 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pectunculus Mörch, 1853 (invalid: non Lamarck, 1799 nec da Costa, 1778) | |
Vepricardium is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Cardiinae of the family Cardiidae, the giant clams.[1]
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