Purpurocardia purpurata

Purpurocardia purpurata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Purpurocardia
Species:
P. purpurata
Binomial name
Purpurocardia purpurata
(Deshayes, 1854)
Synonyms

Cardita purpurata Deshayes, 1854
Venericardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854)

Shell from outside
Shell from inside

Purpurocardia purpurata is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Carditidae. Its genus was long included in Venericardia, but is increasingly treated as distinct.

References

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1