Laevicardium
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Laevicardium Swainson, 1840 |
Laevicardium, common name "egg cockles", is a genus of saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1] They are unusual among the cockles in that they have smooth, rounded, "egg-like" valves.
Species[]
There are 33 species in Laevicardium:[2]
- Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) — Norwegian egg cockle
- Laevicardium elatum (Sowerby, 1833) — Giant egg cockle
- Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus, 1758) — egg cockle
- Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1830) — Morton's egg cockle
- Laevicardium pictum (Ravenel, 1861) — Ravenel's egg cockle
- Laevicardium sybariticum (Dall, 1886) — Dall's egg cockle
References[]
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- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 58-59.
- ^ "Laevicardium Swainson, 1840". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
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