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Condylocardiidae is a family of small marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.
The shells are small to minute, and retain in their adult state the immaturity of hinge characters found in the nepionic shells of Cardita. The prodissiconch is small, but appears disproportionately large in relation to the arrested growth of the adult. The resilium is small, sunken and centrally located.
Genera
- Benthocardiella Powell, 1930
- Carditella E. A. Smith, 1881
- Carditopsis E. A. Smith, 1881
- Condylocardia Bernard, 1896
- Condylocuna Iredale, 1896
- Cuna Hedley, 1902
References
- "Condylocardiidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1