Pteromeris is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.[1]
Pteromeris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Carditida |
Superfamily: | Carditoidea |
Family: | Carditidae |
Genus: | Pteromeris Conrad, 1862 |
The related genus Coripia is sometimes included here.
Species
edit- Pteromeris perplana (Conrad, 1841) – flat cardita
References
edit- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 45.