Acanthocardia

Acanthocardia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–recent, 84.9–0  Ma [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Anthocardia aculeata, the spiny cockle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Acanthocardia J. E. Gray, 1851

Acanthocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. ^[2] They are infaunal suspension feeders. ^[1]

Species

There are six extant species: ^[2]

• Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acanthocardia deshayesii (Payraudeau, 1826)
• Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Acanthocardia paucicostata (Sowerby, 1834)
• Acanthocardia spinosa (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gallery

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  Anthocardia tuberculata. Illustration from Natural History: Mollusca (1854), p. 271
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  Acanthocardia echinata. Shell on sand.
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  Fossil of Acanthocardia tuberculata, Pliocene, Asti (Italy)

References

1. "Acanthocardia Gray 1851". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2023). "Acanthocardia Gray, 1851". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 27 June 2023.

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