Venericardia is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Carditidae.
Species Venericardia contains one living species: Venericardia columnaria Hedley & May, 1908 – Australia
There are numerous species known only from the fossil record, including the type species of the genus, Venericardia imbricata (Gmelin, 1791).
References
Further reading Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979