Meiocardia is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Glossidae.[2][4]
| Meiocardia Temporal range: Maastrichtian–present,
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| M. moltkiana fossil in the MNHN | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Glossoidea |
| Family: | Glossidae |
| Genus: | Meiocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857[2][3] |
| Type species | |
| Chama moltkiana Gmelin, 1791
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Species
editAs of 2024, WoRMS classifies the following six extant species as belonging to Meiocardia:[2]
- Meiocardia cumingi (A. Adams, 1864)
- Meiocardia hawaiana Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
- Meiocardia moltkiana (Gmelin, 1791)
- Meiocardia samarangiae Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993
- Meiocardia sanguineomaculata (Dunker, 1882)
- Meiocardia vulgaris (Reeve, 1845)
There are also a number of species only known from the fossil record:[2]
- †Meiocardia palmerae Nicol, 1968
- †Meiocardia floridana (Dall, 1900)
- †Meiocardia septemcostata Wanner & Hahn, 1935
- †Meiocardia subcumingii (H. Woodward, 1879)
References
edit- ^ "Meiocardia Adams and A. 1857". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Meiocardia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Adams, Henry; Adams, Arthur (1858). The Genera of Recent Mollusca. Vol. 2. London: John van Voorst. p. 461.
- ^ Matsukuma, Akihiko; Habe, Tadashige (1995). Bouchet, Philippe (ed.). "Systematic revision of living species of Meiocardia, Glossidae and Glossocardia, Trapezidae (Bivalvia)". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167 (Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14): 77–91.
Further reading
edit- Stoliczka, Ferd. (1871). "Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Vol. III. The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known Genera of this class, fossil and recent". Palaeontographica Indica: 167.
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