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  Superfamily Cardioidea

Family Cardiidae

    Subfamily Lymnocardiinae
    Subfamily Cardiinae
    Subfamily Clinocardiinae
    Subfamily Fraginae
    Subfamily Laevicardiinae
    Subfamily Orthocardiinae
    Subfamily Trachycardiinae
    Subfamily Tridacninae

Taxon Information

The Family Cardiidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Cardiidae, (Graf, 2013).
• Cardiidae, [Palearctic; 5 species in 2 genera worldwide] (Bogan, 2008).

Bibliography

• Graf, D.L. 2013. Patterns of freshwater bivalve global diversity and the state of phylogenetic studies on the Unionoida, Sphaeriidae, and Cyrenidae. American Malacological Bulletin 31: 135-153.
• Bogan, A.E. 2008. Global diversity of freshwater mussels (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 139-147. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• MUSSEL Project Web Site
• World Register of Marine Species