| Laevicardium | |
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| A whole preserved specimen of Laevicardium oblongum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Laevicardium Swainson, 1840 |
Laevicardium, common name "egg cockles", is a genus of saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. [1] They are unusual among the cockles in that they have smooth, rounded, "egg-like" valves.
There are 33 species in Laevicardium: [2]
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