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Definition of Genus Cardium
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Cardiidae: cockles.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Cardiidae, Family Cardiidae
Member holonyms: Cockle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cardium
Literary usage of Genus Cardium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1914)
"Genus CARDIUM Linn. ... and between fifty-five and sixty fine radial striations
on the remainder of the surface; hinge, typical of the genus Cardium, ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1833)
"Every one conversant with the subject has observed how very variable the teeth
are in the genus Cardium. We have an edentulous Cardium (Card. ..."
3. The Pocket Gopher of the Boreal Zone on San Jacinto Peak by Joseph Grinnell, Harry Schelwald Swarth (1918)
"Genus CARDIUM Linn. ... and between fifty-five and sixty fine radial striations
on the remainder of the surface; hinge, typical of the genus Cardium. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"I then proceeded to the genus Cardium, and subsequently to the genera Donax and
Tellina, comparing the variation in the chosen proportions of the several ..."
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