By: João Encarnação
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Marine Species: Acanthocardia echinata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Photographed by: João Encarnação
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Acanthocardia |
| Species: | Acanthocardia echinata |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | Pricly cockle |
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| Description: | Grooves (about twenty) with a medium sulcus, over which elevate tubercle or thorns. |
| Habitat: | Circalittoral mobile depths. |
| Color: | Brownish colour. |
| Dimensions: | 6 cm in length. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Atlantic Ocean |
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