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  Family Cardiidae

Subfamily Lymnocardiinae

    Genus Adacna
    Genus Hypanis
    Genus Monodacna
    Genus Cerastoderma
    Genus Didacna

Taxon Information

The Subfamily Lymnocardiinae 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

• Limnocardiinae [sic], "occurs in Ponto-Caspian brackish/marine waters. A few species are found in waters of low salinity (< 5 ppt)" (Graf, 2013).

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.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• World Register of Marine Species