Papyridea

Papyridea is a genus of molluscs in the family Cardiidae.[1]

Papyridea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Papyridea
Swainson, 1840

Species
  • Papyridea aspersa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  • Papyridea crockeri (A. M. Strong & Hertlein, 1937)
  • Papyridea hiulca (Reeve, 1845)
  • Papyridea lata (Born, 1778)
  • Papyridea semisulcata (J.E. Gray, 1825)
  • Papyridea soleniformis (Bruguiere, 1789) — spiny paper cockle

References
  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 59-60.
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