Carditida

Carditida
Shells of several Carditidae species
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Infraclass:	Heteroconchia
Subterclass:	Archiheterodonta
Order:	Carditida Lamarck, 1809
Superfamilies
Carditoidea Crassatelloidea
Synonyms
Carditoida

Carditida is an order of marine bivalve clams.

Superfamilies and families

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

• Family: †Archaeocardiidae

• Superfamily: Carditoidea
  • Family: Carditidae
  • Family: Condylocardiidae
• Superfamily: Crassatelloidea
  • Family: Crassatellidae
  • Family: Astartidae

• 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]

References

1. "Carditida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Bieler, Rüdiger; Carter, Joseph G.; Coan, Eugene V. (May 2010). "Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families". Malacologia. 52 (2): 94. doi:10.4002/040.052.0201. ISSN 0076-2997. S2CID 86546840.
3. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Veneroida". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-29.

External links

• Data related to Carditida at Wikispecies
• Media related to Carditida at Wikimedia Commons
• "Carditida". The Encyclopedia of Life.