Acanthocardia echinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Acanthocardia
Species:
A. echinata
Binomial name
Acanthocardia echinata
Synonyms[1]

Cardium echinatum Linnaeus, 1758

Acanthocardia echinata, the prickly cockle[2] or European prickly cockle,[3] is a species of saltwater clam, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae.[1][3]

The prickly cockle was one of the many invertebrate species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, where it was given the binomial name Cardium echinatum.[4]

The yellowish-brown shell is up to 75 mm in diameter, and is adorned by 18 to 22 spiny ridges. Its margin is crenulate and its inner surface is white, and also prominently grooved.[2]

The prickly cockle is found in the British Isles and northwestern Europe. It lives within a few centimetres of the sea bottom, at depths of 3 m or more. Dead shells are commonly washed up on the beach.[2]

References

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  1. 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 echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Fish, J. D.; Fish, Susan (2011). A student's guide to the seashore (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 268. ISBN 9781139494519.
  3. 1 2 Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2022). "Acanthocardia echinata" in SeaLifeBase. April 2022 version.
  4. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis (in Latin). Vol. I (10th revised ed.). Holmiae: (Laurentii Salvii). p. 679 – via The Internet Archive.


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