| Carditidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Shells of several Carditidae species | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Carditida |
| Superfamily: | Carditoidea |
| Family: | Carditidae Férussac, 1822 |
| Subfamilies | |
|
See text | |
Carditidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Carditida, which was long included in the Venerida. They are the type taxon of the superfamily Carditoidea.
Carditidae is a neglected and poorly classified family.[1][2] It has six subfamilies recognised by the World Register of Marine Species, but the WoRMS has refrained from assigning contents to any family due to ambiguity and overlap in their definitions.[3][2] Additionally, several genera have been or are still considered subgenera of other genera by some authors.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Perna, Rafael La; Brunetti, Mauro M.; Bella, Giano Della (2018-02-13). "Systematic position of two Pliocene carditids with description of Akardita n. gen. and A. iberica n. sp. (Bivalvia: Carditidae)". Zootaxa. 4379 (2): 223. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4379.2.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 29689985.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Carditidae Férussac, 1822". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-11.