Laevicardium Explained
Laevicardium, common name "egg cockles", is a genus of saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1] They are unusual among the cockles in that they have smooth, rounded, "egg-like" valves.
Species
There are 33 species in Laevicardium:
- Laevicardium attenuatum
- Laevicardium biradiatum
- Laevicardium brasilianum
- Laevicardium castaneum
- Laevicardium clarionense
- Laevicardium compressum
- Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) - Norwegian egg cockle
- Laevicardium decorticatum
- Laevicardium elatum (Sowerby, 1833) - Giant egg cockle
- Laevicardium eliodelfabroi Cossignani, 2024
- 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
Notes and References
- Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 58-59.
