# Carditamera

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{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
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| taxon = Carditamera
| authority = Conrad, 1838
| synonyms =
''Byssomera'' <small>Olsson, 1961</small><br />
''Lazaria'' <small>Gray, 1854</small>
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thumb|''Carditamera gracilis'' shell
'''''Carditamera''''' is a genus of [molluscs](/source/molluscs) in the family [Carditidae](/source/Carditidae).<ref>Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 44.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415159|title = WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Carditamera Conrad, 1838}}</ref>

It is the [type genus](/source/type_genus) of the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Carditamerinae](/source/Carditamerinae).
'''''Byssomera''''' is a [junior synonym](/source/junior_synonym) or subgenus of ''Carditamera'' but has sometimes been written as a subgenus of ''[Cardita](/source/Cardita)'', due to its type species having been synonymised from ''Cardita'' (''Byssomera'') ''affinis'' to ''Carditamera'' (''Byssomera'') ''affinis''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LDjwAAAAMAAJ&dq=Byssomera+cardita&pg=SL5-PA35|title=United States Geological Survey Professional Paper|date=1992|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=35|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/mollusksoftropic00olss|title=Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific : particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru); Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda|last=Olsson|first=Axel A. (Axel Adolf)|date=1961|publisher=Ithaca, N.Y. : Paleontological Research Institution|others=MBLWHOI Library}}</ref>

==Species==
* ''[Carditamera affinis](/source/Carditamera_affinis)'' <small>(G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)</small>
* ''[Carditamera arata](/source/Carditamera_arata)'' <small>(Conrad, 1838)</small>
* ''[Carditamera contigua](/source/Carditamera_contigua)'' <small>(Dautzenberg, 1910)</small>
* ''[Carditamera gracilis](/source/Carditamera_gracilis)'' <small>(Shuttleworth, 1856)</small> – West Indian cardita
* ''[Carditamera plata](/source/Carditamera_plata)'' <small>(Ihering, 1907)</small>
* ''[Carditamera radiata](/source/Carditamera_radiata)'' <small>(G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)</small>

==References==
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Category:Carditidae
Category:Bivalve genera

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