Carditamera Explained

Carditamera is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.^{[1] [2]}

It is the type genus of the subfamily Carditamerinae.Byssomera is a junior synonym or subgenus of Carditamera but has sometimes been written as a subgenus of Cardita, due to its type species having been synonymised from Cardita (Byssomera) affinis to Carditamera (Byssomera) affinis.^{[3] [4]}

Species

• Carditamera affinis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
• Carditamera arata (Conrad, 1838)
• Carditamera contigua (Dautzenberg, 1910)
• Carditamera gracilis (Shuttleworth, 1856) – West Indian cardita
• Carditamera plata (Ihering, 1907)
• Carditamera radiata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)

Notes and References

1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 44.
2. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Carditamera Conrad, 1838.
3. Book: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. 1992. U.S. Government Printing Office. 35. en.
4. Book: Olsson, Axel A. (Axel Adolf). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific : particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru) ; Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. 1961. Ithaca, N.Y. : Paleontological Research Institution. MBLWHOI Library.