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Condylocardia fernandina Coan, 2003

Bivalva

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Bivalvia

Order
Carditida

Superfamily
Carditoidea

Family
Condylocardiidae

Genus
Condylocardia

Species
fernandina

Taxon category: Accepted

LACM: 2920 (ex 84-26.16) (Holotype), 2921 (ex 84-26.16) (Paratypes), 3-161.2, ? 34-264.6, 34-267.3, 34-283.10, 34-287.7, 84-39.33, 84-41.19 (all fide Coan, 2003: 53), 66-125.34 (fide Coan, 2003: 53), CAS: 42344 (fide Coan, 2003: 53), AMS: C.403167 (Paratype)

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands, Wolf I.

References

  • Coan, E.V. (2003) The tropical eastern Pacific species of the Condylocardiidae (Bivalvia). The Nautilus 117(2): 47-61.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Condylocardia fernandina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10524. Accessed 31 October 2026.