APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Acanthocardia
Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Spiny cockle or Red nose
Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Prickly cockle
Acanthocardia paucicostata (G B Sowerby II, 1841)
- Poorly ribbed cockle (non-native)
Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Rough cockle
Cardiida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Fraginae (Subfamily)
Papillicardium
Papillicardium papillosum (Poli, 1791) - Warty cockle
Parvicardium
Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791) - Little cockle
Parvicardium minimum (Philippi, 1836) - Least cockle
Parvicardium pinnulatum (Conrad, 1831) - Banded cockle
Parvicardium scabrum (Philippi, 1844) - Knotted cockle
Cardiida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Laevicardiinae (Subfamily)
Laevicardium
Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) - Smooth cockle
Cardiida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Lymnocardiinae (Subfamily)
Cerastoderma
Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common cockle
Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789) - Lagoon cockle
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Other members of the Cardioidea
From the authors collection of foreign shells,
species not recorded in the United Kingdom.
Cardiida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Fraginae (Subfamily)
Americardia
Americardia media (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Atlantic strawberry cockle (Dominican Republic)
Cardiida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Trachycardiinae (Subfamily)
Dallocardia
Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Yellow cockle
Cardiida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Laevicardiinae (Subfamily)
Laevicardium
Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1831)
- Morton's egg cockle
Laevicardium oblongum (Gmelin, 1791) - Oblong cockle
Laevicardium robustum Lightfoot, 1786
- Giant atlantic cockle
