Dallocardia muricata

Dallocardia muricata

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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Dallocardia
Species:
D. muricata
Binomial name
Dallocardia muricata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Cardium campechiense Röding, 1798
  • Cardium gossei Deshayes, 1855
  • Cardium lima Reeve, 1845
  • Cardium muricatum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Trachycardium lima (Reeve, 1845)
  • Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dallocardia muricata, the yellow prickly cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae.