Acanthocardia
| Acanthocardia | |
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| Anthocardia aculeata, the spiny cockle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851 |
Acanthocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. Like most other bivalves, these mollusks are suspension feeders. This genus is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent.
Species[]
- Acanthocardia aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
- Payraudeau, 1826
- Acanthocardia echinata Linnaeus, 1758
- Poli, 1795
- Sowerby, 1834
- Acanthocardia spinosa Lightfoot, 1786
- Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gallery[]
Anthocardia tuberculata. Illustration from Natural History: Mollusca (1854), p. 271
Acanthocardia echinata. Shell on sand.
See also[]
References[]
- Biolib
- World Register of Marine Species.
- Paleobiology Database
- Sepkoski Online
- "Acanthocardia". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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