Acanthocardia
Acanthocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. They are infaunal suspension feeders.
| Acanthocardia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–recent, | |
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| 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 |
Species
There are six extant species:
- 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
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Anthocardia tuberculata. Illustration from Natural History: Mollusca (1854), p. 271 -
Acanthocardia echinata. Shell on sand. -
References
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