Acanthocardia

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| image = Acanthocardia aculeata 001.jpg

| image_caption = Anthocardia aculeata, the spiny cockle

| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous–recent, {{Fossil range|84.9|0|ref=}}

| taxon = Acanthocardia

| authority = J. E. Gray, 1851

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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)

Gallery

File:Natural History - Mollusca - Cockle leaping.png|Anthocardia tuberculata. Illustration from Natural History: Mollusca (1854), p. 271

File:Shell On Sand.jpg| Acanthocardia echinata. Shell on sand.

File:Bivalvia - Acantocardia tuberculata.JPG|Fossil of Anthocardia tuberculata, Pliocene, Asti (Italy)

References

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{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17299 |title=Acanthocardia Gray 1851|work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=27 June 2023}}

{{cite WoRMS |title=Acanthocardia Gray, 1851 |year=2023 |id=137732 |db=Marine Mollusca |access-date=27 June 2023}}

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[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id132059/ Biolib]
[http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=261&rank=class Sepkoski Online]

Category:Cardiidae

Category:Bivalve genera

Category:Extant Santonian first appearances

Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray