Biology:Acanthocardia

Acanthocardia; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–recent, 84.9–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Anthocardia aculeata, the spiny cockle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Acanthocardia; J. E. Gray, 1851

Short description: Genus of bivalves

Acanthocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae.^[2] They are infaunal suspension feeders.^[1]

Species

There are six extant species:^[2]

Anthocardia tuberculata. Illustration from Natural History: Mollusca (1854), p. 271
Acanthocardia echinata. Shell on sand.
Fossil of Anthocardia tuberculata, Pliocene, Asti (Italy)

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Acanthocardia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–recent, 84.9–0 Ma^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Anthocardia aculeata, the spiny cockle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851