Biology:Prickly cockle
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| Phylum: | Mollusca
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| Order: | Veneroida
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| Species: | A. echinata
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| Acanthocardia echinata | |
The prickly cockle (Acanthocardia echinata) is a species of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. The genus Acanthocardia is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent.
The prickly cockle was one of the many invertebrate species originally described by Linnaeus in the landmark 1758 10th edition of his Systema Naturae, where it was given the binomial name of Cardium echinatum.[1]
The yellowish brown shell is up to 75 mm in diameter, and is adorned by 18 to 22 spiny ridges. Its margin is crenulate and inner surface is white, and also prominently grooved.[2]
The prickly cockle is found in the British Isles and northwestern Europe. It lives within a few centimetres of the sea bottom, at depths of 3 m or more. Dead shells are commonly washed up on the beach.[2]
References
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl (1758) (in Latin). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Vol. I (10th revised ed.). Holmiae: (Laurentii Salvii). p. 679. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727591.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fish, J. D.; Fish, Susan (2011). A student's guide to the seashore (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 268. ISBN 9781139494519. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1wD21-DC81YC&pg=PA268.
Wikidata ☰ Q3015875 entry
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