Tucetona laticostata

Tucetona laticostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorpha
Order: Arcoida
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Tucetona
Species: T. laticostata
Binomial name
Tucetona laticostata
(Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)
Synonyms

Glycymeris laticostata Quoy and Gaimard, 1835
Pectunculus laticostata Quoy and Gaimard, 1835

Tucetona laticostata, or the large dog cockle, is a salt water clam or marine bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae.

Despite the common name, it is not closely related to the common cockle. The word dog cockle implies that it roughly resembles a real cockle, but is not considered very good to eat, in other words, "only fit for dogs".

Distribution

The large dog cockle is endemic to New Zealand.

Internal view of the large dog cockle


References

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