Acanthocardia Explained

Acanthocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. They are infaunal suspension feeders.

Species

There are six extant species:

Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthocardia deshayesii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthocardia paucicostata (Sowerby, 1834)
Acanthocardia spinosa (Lightfoot, 1786)
Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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