Cardioidea | |
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Live specimens of Cerastoderma edule from Lingreville, France | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Superorder: | Imparidentia |
Order: | Cardiida |
Superfamily: | Cardioidea Lamarck, 1809 |
Families | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Cardiacea |
Cardioidea is a taxonomic superfamily of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs consisting of the extant Cardiidae (cockles) and the extinct Pterocardiidae.