Centrocardita Explained

Centrocardita is an extant genus of marine clams in the family Carditidae. It is also represented in the fossil record. It is sometimes treated as a subgenus of Glans.^[1]

Species

• Centrocardita aculeata (Poli, 1795)
• Centrocardita akabana (Sturany, 1899)
• Centrocardita belcheri (Deshayes, 1854)
• Centrocardita donghaiensis (Xu, 2012)
• Centrocardita echinaria (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
• Centrocardita gunnii (Deshayes, 1854)
• Centrocardita hirasei (Dall, 1918)
• Centrocardita inquinata (Nicklès, 1955)
• Centrocardita millegrana (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934)
• Centrocardita pseudocardita (Poutiers, 1981)
• Centrocardita rosulenta (Tate, 1887)
• Centrocardita sagamiensis (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)
• Centrocardita soyoae (Habe, 1958)
• Centrocardita squamigera (Deshayes, 1832)

Synonyms

• Centrocardita elegans (Réquien, 1848), synonym of Centrocardita aculeata
• Centrocardita pileolata Oliver & Holmes, 2004, synonym of Carditella pileolata

External links

• Centrocardita at fossilworks
• Centrocardita at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fossilworks: Glans (Centrocardita). fossilworks.org. 17 December 2021.