Yellow Pricklycockle (Dallocardia muricata)

Invertebrateverified

Dallocardia muricata

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Yellow Pricklycockle

Also known as: Yellow Prickly Cockle

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Cardiida

Family

Cardiidae

Other species in Cardiidae

Papillicardium papillosum

Papillicardium papillosum

Warty Cockle

Tridacna squamosa

Tridacna squamosa

Fluted Clam

Tridacna crocea

Tridacna crocea

Boring Clam

Tridacna maxima

Tridacna maxima

Elongate Clam

Papyridea semisulcata

Papyridea semisulcata

Frilled Papercockle

Laevicardium serratum

Laevicardium serratum

Common Egg Cockle

Papillicardium minimum

Papillicardium minimum

Parvicardium scriptum

Parvicardium scriptum

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