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Species Page:

Broad-ribbed Cardita

(Conrad, 1838)

Cardites floridanus

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Carditida

Family:

Carditidae

Carditidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 481210

Shell Information

Maximum size (mm): 38

N/A

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

Florida to Texas

0 to 7 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Marine; Shallow water

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cardites floridanus (Conrad, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504861 on 2021-07-20

Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.

Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/

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