Biology:Acanthocardia
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Short description: Genus of bivalves
| Acanthocardia | |
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| Anthocardia aculeata, the spiny cockle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851 |
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]
- Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acanthocardia deshayesii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acanthocardia paucicostata (Sowerby, 1834)
- Acanthocardia spinosa (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gallery
Anthocardia tuberculata. Illustration from Natural History: Mollusca (1854), p. 271
Acanthocardia echinata. Shell on sand.
Fossil of Anthocardia tuberculata, Pliocene, Asti (Italy)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Acanthocardia Gray 1851". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=17299.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Acanthocardia Gray, 1851". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137732.
Wikidata ☰ Q2822508 entry
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