Laevicardium - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Kingdom Animalia Family Cardiidae Rank Genus		Class Bivalvia Phylum Mollusca Order Veneroida

Similar Trachycardium, Acanthocardia, Acrosterigma, Cardium, Laevicardium elatum

Laevicardium, common name "egg cockles", is a genus of saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. They are unusual among the cockles in that they have smooth, rounded, "egg-like" valves.

Species

There are 33 species in Laevicardium:

Laevicardium Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 Eggcockle

Laevicardium attenuatum

Laevicardium biradiatum

Laevicardium brasilianum

Laevicardium castaneum

Laevicardium clarionense

Laevicardium compressum

Laevicardium crassum

Laevicardium decorticatum

Laevicardium elatum

Laevicardium etheringtoni

Laevicardium gorgasi

Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus, 1758) — egg cockle

Laevicardium leptorimum

Laevicardium lobulatum

Laevicardium lyratum

Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1830) — Morton's egg cockle

Laevicardium multipunctatum

Laevicardium nemo

Laevicardium nemocardiforme

Laevicardium oblongum

Laevicardium parisiense

Laevicardium parkinsoni

Laevicardium pedernalense

Laevicardium pictum (Ravenel, 1861) — Ravenel's egg cockle

Laevicardium pristis

Laevicardium rudentis

Laevicardium serratum

Laevicardium substriatum

Laevicardium sybariticum (Dall, 1886) — Dall's egg cockle

Laevicardium tegalense

Laevicardium tenuisulcatum

Laevicardium tertium

Laevicardium tristiculum

Laevicardium venustulum

Laevicardium Laevicardium crassum Gmelin 1791 Marine Bivalve Shells of the

Laevicardium AnimalBase Laevicardium crassum species homepage

References

Laevicardium Wikipedia

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