Dallocardia muricata

Dallocardia muricata, the yellow cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil.[2]

Dallocardia muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Dallocardia
Species:
D. muricata
Binomial name
Dallocardia muricata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cardium campechiense Röding, 1798
  • Cardium gossei Deshayes, 1855
  • Cardium lima Reeve, 1845
  • Cardium muricatum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Trachycardium lima (Reeve, 1845)
  • Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). "Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 October 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 57.


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