Laevicardium laevigatum
| Laevicardium laevigatum | |
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| Laevicardium laevigatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Laevicardium |
| Species: | L. laevigatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Laevicardium laevigatum , or the egg cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[1]
References[]
- ^ 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.
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- Cardiidae
- Molluscs described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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