Biology:Laevicardium pictum

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Laevicardium pictum
Ravenel's Egg Cockle (11405116195).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Laevicardium
Species:
L. pictum
Binomial name
Laevicardium pictum
(Ravenel, 1861)

Laevicardium pictum, or Ravenel's 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 Florida to the West Indies.[1]

References

  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 59.

Wikidata ☰ Q3016322 entry