Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae cockles

Genus: Cardium

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Cardium aculeatum
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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Central Atlantic

Cardium costatumLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cardium costatum
[Costate cockle]
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Cardium exiguum
[Diminutive cockle]
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Cardium indicum
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Cardium pavcicostatum
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Cardium ringens
[Gaping cockle]


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