Dicerocardiidae

Dicerocardiidae
Temporal range: from Triassic to Cretaceous,
Fossil valves of Dicerocardium jani, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: †Megalodontida
Superfamily: †Megalodontoidea
Family: †
Kutassy, 1934
Genera

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Dicerocardiidae is an extinct family of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs, in the order Megalodontida.

Genera

Genera within the family Dicerocardiidae:

  • †Cornucardia Koken 1913
  • †Dicerocardium Stoppani 1856, the type genus
  • †Physocardia Wahrmann 1894
  • †Platycardia Beringer 1949
  • †Pseudisocardia Douvillé 1912
  • †Pseudisocardia Macfadyeni Cox 1935
  • †Rostrocardia Freneix 1972

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