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Family: Cardiidae cockles



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FAO

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 10.2 cm SHL
Acanthocardia aculeata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Acanthocardia aculeata
[Spiny cockle]
No picture found
 
Acanthocardia deshayesii
[]

Coudre, Christian

Arctic, Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Acanthocardia echinata(Linneaus, 1758)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Acanthocardia echinata
[European prickly cockle]
No picture found
 
Acanthocardia mucronata
[]

FAO

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 3.6 cm SHL
Acanthocardia paucicostata(Sowerby II, 1841)

Photo by FAO
 
Acanthocardia paucicostata
[Poorly ribbed cockle]

Coudre, Christian

Eastern Atlantic and the

Acanthocardia spinosa(Solander, 1786)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Acanthocardia spinosa
[Sand cockle]

FAO

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Acanthocardia tuberculata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Acanthocardia tuberculata
[Moroccan cockles]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma capricorne
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma cygnorum
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma dampierensis
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma dianthinum
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma elongatum
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma fultoni
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma hobbsae
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma impolitum
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma luteomarginata
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma maculosum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.7 cm DL
 
Acrosterigma magnum
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma marielae
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma mindanaense
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma profundum
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma punctolineatum
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma reeveanum
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma rosemariensis
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma rugosum
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma selene
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma seurati
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.

Acrosterigma simplex(Spengler, 1799)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Acrosterigma simplex
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma sorenseni
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma transcendens
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma triangulare
[]
No picture found
 
Acrosterigma unicolor
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm SHH
 
Acrosterigma zamboangaense
[]
No picture found
 
Afrocardium carditaeforme
[]
No picture found
 
Afrocardium exochum
[]
No picture found
 
Afrocardium infantile
[]
No picture found
 
Afrocardium richardi
[]
No picture found
 
Americardia biangulata
[Western strawberry-cockle]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Americardia media
[Atlantic strawberry-cockle]
No picture found
 
Cardium aculeatum
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Central Atlantic

Cardium costatumLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cardium costatum
[Costate cockle]
No picture found
 
Cardium exiguum
[Diminutive cockle]
No picture found
 
Cardium indicum
[]
No picture found
 
Cardium pavcicostatum
[]
No picture found
 
Cardium ringens
[Gaping cockle]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic, the Med
Max. Length 5.6 cm SHL
Cerastoderma edule(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Cerastoderma edule
[Common edible cockle]
No picture found
 
Cerastoderma elegantulum
[Elegant dwarf cockle]

FAO

Northeast Atlantic, the M

Cerastoderma glaucum(Bruguière, 1789)

Photo by FAO
 
Cerastoderma glaucum
[Olive green cockle]
No picture found
 
Cerastoderma lamarcki
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm SHL
 
Ciliatocardium ciliatum
[Hairy cockle]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm SHL
 
Clinocardium blandum
[Low-rib cockle]
No picture found
 
Clinocardium buellowi
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Arctic, Northwest and Eas
Max. Length 14 cm SHL
Clinocardium nuttallii(Conrad, 1837)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Clinocardium nuttallii
[Nuttall cockle]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm SHH
Corculum cardissa(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Corculum cardissa
[True heart cockle]
No picture found
 
Corculum dionaeum
[]
No picture found
 
Corculum impressum
[]
No picture found
 
Corculum monstrosum
[]
No picture found
 
Corculum roseum
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.

Ctenocardia fornicata(Sowerby, 1840)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Ctenocardia fornicata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Ctenocardia guppyi
[Guppy strawberry-cockle]
No picture found
 
Ctenocardia gustavi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.9 cm SHL
 
Ctenocardia lisae
[]
No picture found
 
Ctenocardia perornata
[]
No picture found
 
Ctenocardia symbolica
[]
No picture found
 
Ctenocardia translata
[]
No picture found
 
Ctenocardia virgo
[]

O'Keefe, Jo

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 11.9 cm DL
Dinocardium robustum(Lightfoot, 1786)

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Dinocardium robustum
[Giant Atlantic cockle]
No picture found
 
Discors aurantiacum
[]
No picture found
 
Fragum bannoi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm TL
 
Fragum erugatum
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 4 cm SHH
Fragum fragum(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Fragum fragum
[White strawberry cockle]
No picture found
 
Fragum funafutiense
[]
No picture found
 
Fragum grasi
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm SHH
Fragum hemicardium(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Fragum hemicardium
[Pacific half cockle]
No picture found
 
Fragum mundum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm TL
 
Fragum nivale
[]
No picture found
 
Fragum peronatum
[]
No picture found
 
Fragum scruposum
[]
No picture found
 
Fragum sueziense
[]

Tabaranza, Don Geoff

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm SHH
Fragum unedo(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff
 
Fragum unedo
[Pacific strawberry cockle]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Freneixicardia victor
[]
No picture found
 
Frigidocardium centumliratum
[]
No picture found
 
Frigidocardium eos
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.

Frigidocardium exasperatum(Sowerby, 1841)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Frigidocardium exasperatum
[]
No picture found
 
Frigidocardium helios
[]
No picture found
 
Frigidocardium iris
[]
No picture found
 
Frigidocardium kiranum
[]
No picture found
 
Frigidocardium sancticaroli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm SHL
 
Frigidocardium thaanumi
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.

Frigidocardium torresi(Smith, 1885)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Frigidocardium torresi
[]
No picture found
 
Frigidocardium valdentatum
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia aperta
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific. Intro

Fulvia australis(Sowerby, 1834)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Fulvia australis
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia boholensis
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia bullata
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia colorata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Fulvia dulce
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia dulcis
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia fragiformis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Indian Ocean

Fulvia fragilisForsskål, 1775

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Fulvia fragilis
[Fragile cockle]
No picture found
 
Fulvia hungerfordi
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia imperfecta
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia laevigata
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia lineonotata
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia mutica
[Egg cockle]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Fulvia papyracea(Bruguière, 1789)

Photo by FAO
 
Fulvia papyracea
[Paper cockle]
No picture found
 
Fulvia scalata
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia subquadrata
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia tenuicostata
[]
No picture found
 
Fulvia undatopicta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Goethemia elegantula
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 50 cm SHL
Hippopus hippopus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Hippopus hippopus
[Bear paw clam]

FAO

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 41.1 cm SHL
Hippopus porcellanusRosewater, 1982

Photo by FAO
 
Hippopus porcellanus
[China clam]
No picture found
 
Keenocardium blandum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm SHH
 
Keenocardium californiense
[Aleutian cockle]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Laevicardium attenuatum
[Attenuated cockle]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.

Laevicardium biradiatum(Bruguiére, 1789)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Laevicardium biradiatum
[]
No picture found
 
Laevicardium brasilianum
[]

Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Laevicardium crassum(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Laevicardium crassum
[Norwegian egg cockle]
No picture found
 
Laevicardium elatum
[Giant eggcockle]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Laevicardium fiski
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Laevicardium laevigatum(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Laevicardium laevigatum
[Eggcockle]
No picture found
 
Laevicardium lobulatum
[]
No picture found
 
Laevicardium mortoni
[Yellow eggcockle]
No picture found
 
Laevicardium multipunctatum
[]

FAO

Mediterranean Sea

Laevicardium oblongum(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Laevicardium oblongum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Laevicardium pictum
[Painted eggcockle]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm DL
 
Laevicardium pristis
[]
No picture found
 
Laevicardium pulcherrimum
[]
No picture found
 
Laevicardium rubropictum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.2 cm DL
 
Laevicardium serratum
[]
No picture found
 
Laevicardium substriatum
[Pacific eggcockle]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Laevicardium sybariticum
[Delicate eggcockle]
No picture found
 
Lunulicardia auricula
[]
No picture found
 
Lunulicardia hemicardium
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.

Lunulicardia retusa(Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lunulicardia retusa
[Blunted cockle]
No picture found
 
Lunulicardia subretusa
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Central Atlantic

Lyrocardium aeolicum(Born, 1778)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lyrocardium aeolicum
[]
No picture found
 
Lyrocardium aurantiacum
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.

Lyrocardium lyratum(Sowerby, 1834)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lyrocardium lyratum
[Lyrate cockle]
No picture found
 
Maoricardium setosum
[]
No picture found
 
Microcardium aequiliratum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Microcardium delicatulum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm SHH
 
Microcardium lukasi
[]
No picture found
 
Microcardium pseudocancellatum
[]
No picture found
 
Microcardium pseudonomurai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm SHH
 
Microcardium roelofi
[]
No picture found
 
Microcardium sakuraii
[]
No picture found
 
Microcardium tenuilamellosum
[]
No picture found
 
Microcardium trapezoidale
[]
No picture found
 
Microcardium velatum
[]
No picture found
 
Microfragum festivum
[]
No picture found
 
Microfragum subfestivum
[]
No picture found
 
Monodacna colorata
[Coloured lagoon cockle]
No picture found
 
Nemocardium bechei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm SHL
 
Nemocardium centifilosum
[Hundred-line cockle]
No picture found
 
Nemocardium enigmaticum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Nemocardium exasperatum
[]

Coltro, Marcus

North America.
Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
Nemocardium peramabile(Dall, 1881)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nemocardium peramabile
[Lovely micro-cockle]
No picture found
 
Nemocardium pulchellum
[]
No picture found
 
Nemocardium samarangae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Nemocardium tinctum
[Dyed micro-cockle]
No picture found
 
Nemocardium transversum
[Transverse micro-cockle]
No picture found
 
Papillicardium minimum
[]
No picture found
 
Papillicardium papillosum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.3 cm DL
 
Papyridea lata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 1.4 cm DL
Papyridea semisulcata(Gray, 1825)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Papyridea semisulcata
[Frilled papercockle]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Papyridea soleniformis(Bruguiere, 1789)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Papyridea soleniformis
[Spiny papercockle]
No picture found
 
Parvicardium carrozzai
[]
No picture found
 
Parvicardium elegantulum
[]
No picture found
 
Parvicardium exiguum
[Little cockle]
No picture found
 
Parvicardium hauniense
[]
No picture found
 
Parvicardium pinnulatum
[Northern dwarf cockle]
No picture found
 
Parvicardium roseum
[]
No picture found
 
Parvicardium scabrum
[]
No picture found
 
Parvicardium scriptum
[]
No picture found
 
Parvicardium trapezium
[]
No picture found
 
Parvicardium vroomi
[]
No picture found
 
Plagiocardium mansitii
[]
No picture found
 
Plagiocardium papillosum
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Plagiocardium pseudolatum(Voskuil & Onverwagt, 1991)

Photo by FAO
 
Plagiocardium pseudolatum
[Broad cockle]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific.

Plagiocardium setosum(Redfield, 1846)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Plagiocardium setosum
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudofulvia arago
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudofulvia caledonica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm SHL
 
Serripes groenlandicus
[Greenland smoothcockle]
No picture found
 
Serripes laperousii
[Broad smoothcockle]
No picture found
 
Serripes notabilis
[Oblique smoothcockle]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 9.5 cm SHH
Trachycardium angulatum(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trachycardium angulatum
[Angulate cockle]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium arenicolum
[]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium beauforti
[]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium burchardi
[]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium compunctum
[]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium consors
[Consors' cockle]

Coltro, Marcus

North America.
Max. Length 8.4 cm DL
Trachycardium egmontianum(Shuttleworth, 1856)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trachycardium egmontianum
[Florida pricklycockle]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Trachycardium elongatum
[]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium enode
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Trachycardium flavum
[Fan-shaped cockle]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium foveolatum
[]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium impolitum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm DL
 
Trachycardium isocardia
[West Indian prickly cockle]

Coltro, Marcus

North America.

Trachycardium magnum(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trachycardium magnum
[Magnum pricklycockle]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.8 cm DL
 
Trachycardium manueli
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 7 cm DL
Trachycardium muricatum(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trachycardium muricatum
[American yellow cockle]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium nigropunctatum
[]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium okinawaense
[]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium procerum
[Mexican cockle]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium quadragenarium
[Spiny pricklycockle]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Trachycardium rubicundum(Reeve, 1845)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trachycardium rubicundum
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm SHH
Trachycardium rugosum(Lamarck, 1819)

Photo by FAO
 
Trachycardium rugosum
[Pacific yellow cockle]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium transcendens
[]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium unicolor
[Unicolor cockle]
No picture found
 
Trachycardium variegatum
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm SHL
Tridacna croceaLamarck, 1819

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Tridacna crocea
[Crocus giant clam]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 60 cm SHL
Tridacna derasa(Röding, 1798)

Photo by FAO
 
Tridacna derasa
[Smooth giant clam]

Gumanao, Girley

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 137 cm SHL
Tridacna gigas(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Gumanao, Girley
 
Tridacna gigas
[Giant clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 26 cm SHL
 
Tridacna lorenzi
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 41.7 cm SHL
Tridacna maxima(Röding, 1798)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Tridacna maxima
[Elongate giant clam]
No picture found
 
Tridacna mbalavuana
[Tevoro clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 28 cm SHL
 
Tridacna noae
[]
No picture found
 
Tridacna rosewateri
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 45 cm SHL
Tridacna squamosaLamarck, 1819

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Tridacna squamosa
[Fluted giant clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 32 cm TL
 
Tridacna squamosina
[]
No picture found
 
Trifaricardium nomurai
[]
No picture found
 
Trigoniocardia adamsii
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic

Trigoniocardia antillarum(d'Orbigny, 1842)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trigoniocardia antillarum
[]
No picture found
 
Trigoniocardia ovuloides
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14 cm SHH
 
Vasticardium albopacificum
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium angulatum
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium assimile
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium attenuatum
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium elongatum
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium fidele
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific

Vasticardium flavum(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Vasticardium flavum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm SHH
 
Vasticardium jorgeni
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium lomboke
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium luteomarginatum
[]

FAO

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 9.3 cm SHH
Vasticardium orbita(Broderip & Sowerby I, 1833)

Photo by FAO
 
Vasticardium orbita
[Orbit cockle]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium ornatum
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium papuanum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.2 cm TL
 
Vasticardium pectiniforme
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium philippinense
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium rubicundum
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium sewelli
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium subassimile
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHH
Vasticardium subrugosum(Sowerby, 1839)

Photo by FAO
 
Vasticardium subrugosum
[Wrinkled cockle]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium thomassini
[]
No picture found
 
Vasticardium vertebratum
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Vepricardium asiaticum(Bruguière, 1789)

Photo by FAO
 
Vepricardium asiaticum
[Asiatic cockle]
No picture found
 
Vepricardium coronatum
[]
No picture found
 
Vepricardium incarnatum
[]


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