Biology:Dallocardia muricata

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Dallocardia muricata
Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) from Brazil - 3.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Dallocardia
Species:
D. muricata
Binomial name
Dallocardia muricata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cardium muricatum Cardium campechiense
  • Röding, 1798 Deshayes, 1855
  • Linnaeus, 1758 Trachycardium lima
  • Cardium lima (Reeve, 1845)
  • Cardium gossei Reeve, 1845
  • (Linnaeus, 1758) Trachycardium muricatum

Dallocardia muricata, the yellow 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 and Brazil .[2]

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). "Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381280. 
  2. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 57.

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