Carditamera gracilis
Encyclopedia
Carditamera gracilis, or the West Indian cardita, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family
Carditidae
. It can be found off the coast of the West Indies.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Carditidae
Carditidae
Carditidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.-Genera:* Cardita Bruguière, 1792 * Carditamera Conrad, 1838 * Crassicardia Conrad, 1838 * Cyclocardia Conrad, 1867 * Glans Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811...
. It can be found off the coast of the West Indies.