Dallocardia muricata

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Dallocardia muricata
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Dallocardia
Species:
D. muricata
Binomial name
Dallocardia muricata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cardium muricatum Cardium campechiense
  • Röding, 1798 Deshayes, 1855
  • Linnaeus, 1758 Trachycardium lima
  • Cardium lima (Reeve, 1845)
  • Cardium gossei Reeve, 1845
  • (Linnaeus, 1758) Trachycardium muricatum

Dallocardia muricata, the yellow prickly cockle,[1] is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae.[2]

Distribution

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Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil.[3]

References

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  3. ^ 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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