Kingdom Animalia Genus Tucetona Phylum Mollusca Order Arcida | Family Glycymerididae Scientific name Tucetona laticostata Rank Species Subclass Pteriomorphia | |
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Similar Tucetona, Glycymerididae, Glycymeris modesta, Glycymeris undata, Arcida | ||
Tucetona laticostata, or the large dog cockle, is a salt water clam or marine bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae.
Despite the common name, it is not closely related to the common cockle. The word dog cockle implies that it roughly resembles a real cockle, but is not considered very good to eat, in other words, "only fit for dogs".
Distribution
The large dog cockle is endemic to New Zealand.
References
Tucetona laticostata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA