Marine Species: Acanthocardia paucicostata

(Sowerby, 1841)

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Acanthocardia
Species: Acanthocardia paucicostata

Species Data:

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Common Name: No common name
Description: Sixteen to twenty radial grooves with a medium carina, ornated with tubercle which origin concave blades on the anterior part of the shell.
Habitat: Circalittoral mobile depths.
Color: Brownish yellow colour.
Dimensions: 4 cm in length.
Geographical Distribution: Atlantic Ocean

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