Cardiapoda is a genus of very small floating sea snails or heteropods, pelagic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Carinariidae.

Cardiapoda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Carinariidae
Genus: Cardiapoda
D'Orbigny, 1835
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Both tentacles are of equal size and well-developed. The external layer of the body wall is thin.

They are found worldwide in the pelagic zone of warm seas.

Species

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Synonyms

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  • Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) )
  • Cardiapoda carinata D'Orbigny, 1834 (synonym of Cardiapoda richardi Vayssière, 1903)
  • Cardiapoda pedunculata D'Orbigny, 1835 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) )
  • Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906 (synonym of Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831) )

References

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  • Seapy, Roger R. 2008. Cardiapoda d'Orbigny 1836. Version 12 February 2008, Tree of Life Web Project : Cardiapoda
  • "Cardiapoda". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1