Venericardita (lapsus) Venericardium Beyrich, 1837 Venericardia is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Carditidae.

[1] It is the type genus of subfamily Venericardiinae.

The closely related Purpurocardia was for long included here as a subgenus, but is increasingly considered distinct.

Species of Venericardia include:[verification needed]