Clinocardium ciliatum

Clinocardium ciliatum
Clinocardium ciliatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Clinocardium
Species: C. ciliatum
Binomial name
Clinocardium ciliatum
(Fabricius, 1780)

Clinocardium ciliatum, or the Iceland cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Greenland to Massachusetts.[1]

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 58.