Cardita
Cardita is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae. Naming. Especially in the early 19th century, this genus was often confused with the Carditid genus "Cardites". "Cardita" was originally established by J.G. Bruguière in 1792. However, in 1801 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck described it under the name "Cardites". J.H.F. Link subsequently described a new genus using the name "Cardites" in 1807. When this homonymy was realised, Megerle in 1811 re-described Link's genus "Cardites" as "Cardita". Megerle's action resulted in four technically valid names which formed two mutual pairs of homonyms. The matter was ultimately  resolved by starting with the oldest name – that of Bruguière – and applying it as intended, and suppressing Lamarck's name so that Link's junior homonym could be used for "Cardites". In addition to the numerous junior synonyms, "Byssomera" – a junior synonym or subgenus of "Carditamera" – has sometimes been written as a subgenus of "Cardita", due to its type species having been synonymised from "Cardita" ("Byssomera") "affinis" to "Carditamera" ("Byssomera") "affinis". Species. According to the WoRMS :