Dallocardia muricata

Dallocardia muricata
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific 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 campechienseRöding, 1798 Cardium gosseiDeshayes, 1855 Cardium limaReeve, 1845 Cardium muricatumLinnaeus, 1758 Trachycardium lima(Reeve, 1845) Trachycardium muricatum(Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Distribution

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

References

1. "Dallocardia muricata Yellow Prickly Cockle". NatureServe. 23 January 2003. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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. (2024). "Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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.