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 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Carditida |
| Family: | Carditidae |
| Genus: | Purpurocardia |
| Species: | P. purpurata |
| Binomial name | |
| Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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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