Carditidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Carditoida, which was long included in the Veneroida. They are the type taxon of the superfamily Carditoidea. Delimitation of this family versus the closely related Condylocardiidae is somewhat problematic.

Selected genera

The living genera of Carditidae (and some fossil ones) are:

• Arcturellina Chavan, 1951 (= Arcturella Chavan, 1941 nec Sars, 1879: preoccupied)
• Bathycardita Iredale, 1924 (sometimes in Cardiocardita)
• Beguina Röding, 1798 (= Azarella)
• Cardiocardita Anton, 1838 (= Agaria, Cardiocardites, Divergidens)
• Cardita Bruguière, 1792 (= Cardites Lamarck, 1801 nec Link, 1807: nomen rejectum)
• Carditamera
• Carditella E.A. Smith, 1881 (= Carditellona)
• Carditellopsis Iredale, 1936
• Cardites Link, 1807 nec Lamarck, 1801: nomen conservandum (= Actinobolus Mörch, 1853 nec Westwood, 1842: preoccupied, Cardita Megerle, 1811 nec Bruguière, 1792: preoccupied)
• Choniocardia Cossmann, 1904 (fossil)
• Centrocardita Sacco, 1899 (sometimes in Glans)
• Coripia de Gregorio, 1885 (sometimes in Pteromeris)
• Cyclocardia
• Glans Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
• Glyptoactis Stewart, 1930
• Goossensia^{[verification needed]} Cossmann, 1885
• Lazariella Sacco, 1899 (sometimes in Carditella)
• Megacardita Sacco, 1899
• Milneria Dall, 1881 (= Ceropsis Dall, 1871 nec Gay & Solier, 1839: preoccupied)
• Miodomeris^{[verification needed]} Chavan, 1936
• Miodontiscus Dall, 1903 (= Miodon Carpenter, 1863 nec Duméril, 1859: preoccupied)
• Paraglans^{[verification needed]} Chavan, 1941
• Pleuromeris
• Powellina Huber, 2010
• Pteromeris
• Purpurocardia Maxwell, 1969
• Strophocardia Olsson, 1961
• Thecalia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
• Venericardia
• Venericor^{[verification needed]} Stewart, 1930
• Vimentum Iredale, 1925 (sometimes in Cyclocardia)

References

• Powell A. W. B. (1979): New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2008): Psamathini. Version of 2008-MAR-26. Retrieved 2009-FEB-23.