Acanthocardia
| Acanthocardia | |
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| Anthocardia aculeata, the spiny cockle | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Superfamily: | Cardioidea |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851 |
Acanthocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. Like most other bivalves, these mollusks are suspension feeders. This genus is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent.
Species
- Acanthocardia aculeata C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Acanthocardia deshayesii Payraudeau, 1826
- Acanthocardia echinata C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Acanthocardia mucronata Poli, 1795
- 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
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Acanthocardia echinata. Shell on sand.
See also
List of molluscan genera represented in the fossil record
References
- Biolib
- World Register of Marine Species.
- Paleobiology Database
- Sepkoski Online
- "Acanthocardia". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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