Purpurocardia purpurata
Purpurocardia purpurata is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Carditidae. Its genus was long included in Venericardia, but is increasingly treated as distinct.
Purpurocardia purpurata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Carditida |
Family: | Carditidae |
Genus: | Purpurocardia |
Species: | P. purpurata |
Binomial name | |
Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854) | |
Synonyms | |
Cardita purpurata Deshayes, 1854 |
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Shell from outside
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Shell from inside
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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