''Acanthocardia'' is a genus of saltwater clams,

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s in the family Cardiidae. Like most other bivalves, these mollusks are suspension feeders. This genus is present from the Upper

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Species

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Acanthocardia aculeata ''Acanthocardia aculeata'', the spiny cockle, is a species of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. The genus '' Acanthocardia'' is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent. Description The shell of ''Acant ...

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Acanthocardia deshayesii ''Acanthocardia'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. Like most other bivalves, these mollusks are suspension feeders. This genus is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent. Species * '' Ac ...

'' Payraudeau, 1826 * ''

Acanthocardia echinata ''Acanthocardia echinata'', the prickly cockle or European prickly cockle, is a species of saltwater clam, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. The genus '' Acanthocardia'' is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent. The p ...

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Acanthocardia mucronata ''Acanthocardia'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. Like most other bivalves, these mollusks are suspension feeders. This genus is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent. Species * '' Ac ...

'' Poli, 1795 * ''

Acanthocardia paucicostata ''Acanthocardia'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. Like most other bivalves, these mollusks are suspension feeders. This genus is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent. Species * '' Ac ...

'' Sowerby, 1834 * ''

Acanthocardia spinosa ''Acanthocardia spinosa'', the sand cockle, is a species of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. The genus '' Acanthocardia'' is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent. Description The shell of ''Acantho ...

'' Lightfoot, 1786 * ''

Acanthocardia tuberculata ''Acanthocardia tuberculata'', the rough cockle, is a species of saltwater clam, a cockle, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. The genus '' Acanthocardia'' is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent. Description The she ...

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Gallery

File:Natural History - Mollusca - Cockle leaping.png, ''Anthocardia tuberculata''. Illustration from Natural History: Mollusca (1854), p. 271 File:Shell On Sand.jpg, ''Acanthocardia echinata''. Shell on sand. File:Bivalvia - Acantocardia tuberculata.JPG, Fossil of ''Anthocardia tuberculata'',

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References

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World Register of Marine Species.

Paleobiology Database

Sepkoski Online
* Cardiidae Bivalve genera Extant Chattian first appearances {{Cardiidae-stub