Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) is a animal in the Cardiidae family, order Cardiida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)

The yellow prickly cockle, Dallocardia muricata, is a Cardiidae bivalve mollusc found on the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Brazil.

Family
Genus
Dallocardia
Order
Cardiida
Class
Bivalvia

About Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dallocardia muricata, commonly known as the yellow prickly cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc that belongs to the family Cardiidae. This species is distributed along the Atlantic coast of North America, with its range extending from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil.

Photo: (c) Susan J. Hewitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Susan J. Hewitt · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Cardiida Cardiidae Dallocardia

More from Cardiidae

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