''Laevicardium'',
common name
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"egg cockles", is a genus of saltwater clams or cockles,
marine bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the family
Cardiidae
A cockle is an edible marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae.>MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: W ...
, the cockles. They are unusual among the cockles in that they have smooth, rounded, "egg-like" valves.
Species
There are 33 species in ''Laevicardium'':
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Laevicardium attenuatum''
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Laevicardium biradiatum''
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Laevicardium brasilianum''
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Laevicardium castaneum''
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Laevicardium clarionense''
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Laevicardium compressum''
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Laevicardium crassum''
(Gmelin, 1791) — Norwegian egg cockle
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Laevicardium decorticatum''
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Laevicardium elatum''
(Sowerby, 1833) — Giant egg cockle
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Laevicardium eliodelfabroi''
Cossignani, 2024
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Laevicardium etheringtoni''
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Laevicardium gorgasi''
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Laevicardium laevigatum''
(Linnaeus, 1758) — egg cockle
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Laevicardium leptorimum''
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Laevicardium lobulatum''
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Laevicardium lyratum''
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Laevicardium mortoni
''Laevicardium mortoni'', or Morton's egg cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae.
Distribution
Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Braz ...
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(Conrad, 1830) — Morton's egg cockle
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Laevicardium multipunctatum''
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Laevicardium nemo
''Laevicardium'', common name "egg cockles", is a genus of saltwater clams or cockles, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. They are unusual among the cockles in that they have smooth, rounded, "egg-like" ...
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Laevicardium nemocardiforme''
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Laevicardium oblongum
''Laevicardium'', common name "egg cockles", is a genus of saltwater clams or cockles, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. They are unusual among the cockles in that they have smooth, rounded, "egg-like" ...
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Laevicardium parisiense''
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Laevicardium parkinsoni''
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Laevicardium pedernalense''
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Laevicardium pictum''
(Ravenel, 1861) — Ravenel's egg cockle
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Laevicardium pristis''
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Laevicardium rudentis''
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Laevicardium serratum''
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Laevicardium substriatum''
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Laevicardium sybariticum''
(Dall, 1886) — Dall's egg cockle
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Laevicardium tegalense''
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Laevicardium tenuisulcatum''
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Laevicardium tertium''
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Laevicardium tristiculum''
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Laevicardium venustulum''
References
Cardiidae
Bivalve genera
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