| 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 |
Acanthocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae.[2] They are infaunal suspension feeders.[1]
Species
There are six extant species:[2]
- 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
Anthocardia tuberculata. Illustration from Natural History: Mollusca (1854), p. 271
Acanthocardia echinata. Shell on sand.
References
- 1 2 "Acanthocardia Gray 1851". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2023). "Acanthocardia Gray, 1851". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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