Carditamera gracilis, or the West Indian cardita, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Carditidae.

[1] Carditamera gracilis has an elongated shell, strong medium size about 40 mm.

Its color is white with brown spots; inside is pearly.

[2][3] Carditamera gracilis is distributed through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

[2][3] It usually inhabits shallow water, attached to rocky substrates.