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Acanthocardia

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassBivalvia
  4. OrderCardiida
  5. FamilyCardiidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded29,855

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
341
With media
48
Family
Cardiidae
Collections
UWBM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SDNHM
Recorded in
United States, Spain

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cardiidae
Image
Acanthocardia aculeata 001.jpg
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Acanthocardia
taxon name
Acanthocardia
taxon rank
genus
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Acanthocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. They are infaunal suspension feeders.

==Species== There are six extant species: Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758) Acanthocardia deshayesii (Payraudeau, 1826) Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758) Acanthocardia paucicostata (Sowerby, 1834) Acanthocardia spinosa (Lightfoot, 1786) Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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