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Family: Cardiidae cockles (See list of species below)

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222 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Acanthocardia aculeata [Spiny cockle]	No picture found Acanthocardia deshayesii []	Acanthocardia echinata [European prickly cockle]
No picture found Acanthocardia mucronata []	Acanthocardia paucicostata [Poorly ribbed cockle]	Acanthocardia spinosa [Sand cockle]
Acanthocardia tuberculata [Moroccan cockles]	No picture found Acrosterigma capricorne []	No picture found Acrosterigma cygnorum []
No picture found Acrosterigma dianthinum []	No picture found Acrosterigma elongatum []	No picture found Acrosterigma fultoni []
No picture found Acrosterigma hobbsae []	No picture found Acrosterigma impolitum []	No picture found Acrosterigma luteomarginata []
No picture found Acrosterigma maculosum []	No picture found Acrosterigma magnum []	No picture found Acrosterigma marielae []
No picture found Acrosterigma mindanaense []	No picture found Acrosterigma profundum []	No picture found Acrosterigma punctolineatum []
No picture found Acrosterigma reeveanum []	No picture found Acrosterigma rosemariensis []	No picture found Acrosterigma rugosum []
No picture found Acrosterigma selene []	No picture found Acrosterigma seurati []	Acrosterigma simplex []
No picture found Acrosterigma sorenseni []	No picture found Acrosterigma transcendens []	No picture found Acrosterigma triangulare []
No picture found Acrosterigma unicolor []	No picture found Afrocardium carditaeforme []	No picture found Afrocardium exochum []
No picture found Afrocardium infantile []	No picture found Afrocardium richardi []	No picture found Americardia media [Atlantic strawberry-cockle]
No picture found Cardium aculeatum []	Cardium costatum [Costate cockle]	No picture found Cardium exiguum [Diminutive cockle]
No picture found Cardium indicum []	No picture found Cardium ringens [Gaping cockle]	Cerastoderma edule [Common edible cockle]
Cerastoderma glaucum [Olive green cockle]	Ciliatocardium ciliatum [Hairy cockle]	No picture found Clinocardium blandum [Low-rib cockle]
No picture found Clinocardium buellowi []	Clinocardium nuttallii [Nuttall cockle]	Corculum cardissa [True heart cockle]
No picture found Corculum dionaeum []	No picture found Corculum impressum []	No picture found Corculum monstrosum []
No picture found Corculum roseum []	Ctenocardia fornicata []	No picture found Ctenocardia guppyi [Guppy strawberry-cockle]
No picture found Ctenocardia gustavi []	No picture found Ctenocardia symbolica []	No picture found Ctenocardia translata []
No picture found Ctenocardia virgo []	Dinocardium robustum [Giant Atlantic cockle]	No picture found Discors aurantiacum []
No picture found Fragum bannoi []	No picture found Fragum erugatum []	Fragum fragum [White strawberry cockle]
No picture found Fragum grasi []	Fragum hemicardium [Pacific half cockle]	No picture found Fragum mundum []
No picture found Fragum nivale []	No picture found Fragum peronatum []	No picture found Fragum scruposum []
No picture found Fragum sueziense []	Fragum unedo [Pacific strawberry cockle]	No picture found Freneixicardia victor []
No picture found Frigidocardium centumliratum []	No picture found Frigidocardium eos []	Frigidocardium exasperatum []
No picture found Frigidocardium helios []	No picture found Frigidocardium iris []	No picture found Frigidocardium kiranum []
No picture found Frigidocardium sancticaroli []	No picture found Frigidocardium thaanumi []	Frigidocardium torresi []
No picture found Frigidocardium valdentatum []	No picture found Fulvia aperta []	Fulvia australis []
No picture found Fulvia boholensis []	No picture found Fulvia bullata []	No picture found Fulvia colorata []
No picture found Fulvia dulce []	No picture found Fulvia dulcis []	No picture found Fulvia fragiformis []
Fulvia fragilis [Fragile cockle]	No picture found Fulvia hungerfordi []	No picture found Fulvia imperfecta []
No picture found Fulvia laevigata []	No picture found Fulvia lineonotata []	No picture found Fulvia mutica [Egg cockle]
Fulvia papyracea [Paper cockle]	No picture found Fulvia scalata []	No picture found Fulvia subquadrata []
No picture found Fulvia tenuicostata []	No picture found Fulvia undatopicta []	No picture found Goethemia elegantula []
Hippopus hippopus [Bear paw clam]	Hippopus porcellanus [China clam]	No picture found Keenocardium blandum []
No picture found Keenocardium californiense [Aleutian cockle]	No picture found Laevicardium attenuatum [Attenuated cockle]	Laevicardium biradiatum []
Laevicardium crassum [Norwegian egg cockle]	No picture found Laevicardium elatum [Giant eggcockle]	No picture found Laevicardium fiski []
Laevicardium laevigatum [Eggcockle]	No picture found Laevicardium lobulatum []	No picture found Laevicardium mortoni [Yellow eggcockle]
No picture found Laevicardium multipunctatum []	Laevicardium oblongum []	No picture found Laevicardium pictum [Painted eggcockle]
No picture found Laevicardium pristis []	No picture found Laevicardium pulcherrimum []	No picture found Laevicardium rubropictum []
No picture found Laevicardium serratum []	No picture found Laevicardium sybariticum [Delicate eggcockle]	No picture found Lunulicardia auricula []
No picture found Lunulicardia hemicardium []	Lunulicardia retusa [Blunted cockle]	No picture found Lunulicardia subretusa []
Lyrocardium aeolicum []	No picture found Lyrocardium aurantiacum []	Lyrocardium lyratum [Lyrate cockle]
No picture found Maoricardium setosum []	No picture found Microcardium aequiliratum []	No picture found Microcardium delicatulum []
No picture found Microcardium sakuraii []	No picture found Microcardium tenuilamellosum []	No picture found Microcardium trapezoidale []
No picture found Microcardium velatum []	No picture found Microfragum festivum []	No picture found Microfragum subfestivum []
No picture found Monodacna colorata [Coloured lagoon cockle]	No picture found Nemocardium bechei []	No picture found Nemocardium centifilosum [Hundred-line cockle]
No picture found Nemocardium enigmaticum []	No picture found Nemocardium exasperatum []	Nemocardium peramabile [Lovely micro-cockle]
No picture found Nemocardium pulchellum []	No picture found Nemocardium samarangae []	No picture found Nemocardium tinctum [Dyed micro-cockle]
No picture found Papillicardium minimum []	No picture found Papillicardium papillosum []	No picture found Papyridea lata []
Papyridea semisulcata [Frilled papercockle]	Papyridea soleniformis [Spiny papercockle]	No picture found Parvicardium carrozzai []
No picture found Parvicardium exiguum [Little cockle]	No picture found Parvicardium hauniense []	No picture found Parvicardium pinnulatum [Northern dwarf cockle]
No picture found Parvicardium roseum []	No picture found Parvicardium scabrum []	No picture found Parvicardium scriptum []
No picture found Parvicardium trapezium []	No picture found Parvicardium vroomi []	No picture found Plagiocardium mansitii []
No picture found Plagiocardium papillosum []	Plagiocardium pseudolatum [Broad cockle]	Plagiocardium setosum []
No picture found Pseudofulvia arago []	No picture found Pseudofulvia caledonica []	Serripes groenlandicus [Greenland smoothcockle]
Serripes laperousii [Broad smoothcockle]	Trachycardium angulatum [Angulate cockle]	No picture found Trachycardium arenicolum []
No picture found Trachycardium beauforti []	No picture found Trachycardium burchardi []	No picture found Trachycardium compunctum []
No picture found Trachycardium consors [Consors' cockle]	Trachycardium egmontianum [Florida pricklycockle]	No picture found Trachycardium elongatum []
No picture found Trachycardium enode []	No picture found Trachycardium flavum [Fan-shaped cockle]	No picture found Trachycardium foveolatum []
No picture found Trachycardium impolitum []	No picture found Trachycardium isocardia [West Indian prickly cockle]	Trachycardium magnum [Magnum pricklycockle]
No picture found Trachycardium manueli []	Trachycardium muricatum [American yellow cockle]	No picture found Trachycardium nigropunctatum []
No picture found Trachycardium okinawaense []	Trachycardium rubicundum []	Trachycardium rugosum [Pacific yellow cockle]
No picture found Trachycardium transcendens []	No picture found Trachycardium unicolor [Unicolor cockle]	No picture found Trachycardium variegatum []
Tridacna crocea [Crocus giant clam]	Tridacna derasa [Smooth giant clam]	Tridacna gigas [Giant clam]
No picture found Tridacna lorenzi []	Tridacna maxima [Elongate giant clam]	No picture found Tridacna mbalavuana [Tevoro clam]
No picture found Tridacna noae []	No picture found Tridacna rosewateri []	Tridacna squamosa [Fluted giant clam]
No picture found Tridacna squamosina []	No picture found Trifaricardium nomurai []	No picture found Trigoniocardia adamsii []
Trigoniocardia antillarum []	No picture found Vasticardium angulatum []	No picture found Vasticardium assimile []
No picture found Vasticardium elongatum []	Vasticardium flavum []	No picture found Vasticardium luteomarginatum []
Vasticardium orbita [Orbit cockle]	No picture found Vasticardium papuanum []	No picture found Vasticardium pectiniforme []
No picture found Vasticardium philippinense []	No picture found Vasticardium sewelli []	Vasticardium subrugosum [Wrinkled cockle]
Vepricardium asiaticum [Asiatic cockle]	No picture found Vepricardium coronatum []	No picture found Vepricardium incarnatum []
No picture found Vepricardium multispinosum [Many-spined cockle]	No picture found Vepricardium rugatum []	Vepricardium sinense [Chinese cockle]

222 Species of Family Cardiidae
(cockles)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthocardia aculeata	Spiny cockle	Northeast Atlantic and th	10.16 SHL
Acanthocardia deshayesii		Mediterranean Sea
Acanthocardia echinata	European prickly cockle	Arctic, Eastern Atlantic	7.5 SHL
Acanthocardia mucronata		Mediterranean Sea
Acanthocardia paucicostata	Poorly ribbed cockle	Northeast Atlantic and th	3.578 SHL
Acanthocardia spinosa	Sand cockle	Eastern Atlantic and the
Acanthocardia tuberculata	Moroccan cockles	Northeast Atlantic and th	9 SHL
Acrosterigma capricorne		Eastern Central Pacific
Acrosterigma cygnorum		Indo-West Pacific
Acrosterigma dianthinum		Indo-West Pacific.
Acrosterigma elongatum		Western Central Pacific
Acrosterigma fultoni		Western Central Pacific
Acrosterigma hobbsae		Western Central Pacific.
Acrosterigma impolitum		Indo-West Pacific
Acrosterigma luteomarginata		Western Central Pacific
Acrosterigma maculosum		Indo-West Pacific.
Acrosterigma magnum		Western Central Atlantic	8.7 DL
Acrosterigma marielae		Eastern Indian Ocean
Acrosterigma mindanaense		Western Central Pacific
Acrosterigma profundum		Western Central Pacific.
Acrosterigma punctolineatum		Indo-Pacific.
Acrosterigma reeveanum		Western Central Pacific
Acrosterigma rosemariensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Acrosterigma rugosum		Western Central Pacific
Acrosterigma selene		Western Central Pacific
Acrosterigma seurati		Eastern Central Pacific
Acrosterigma simplex		Indo-Pacific.
Acrosterigma sorenseni		Southwest Pacific
Acrosterigma transcendens		Indo-Pacific.
Acrosterigma triangulare		Southeast Pacific
Acrosterigma unicolor		Indo-West Pacific.
Afrocardium carditaeforme		Indo-West Pacific.
Afrocardium exochum		Indo-West Pacific.
Afrocardium infantile		Indo-West Pacific.
Afrocardium richardi		Indo-West Pacific. Intro
Americardia media	Atlantic strawberry-cockle	Western Central Atlantic	3.5 DL
Cardium aculeatum		Mediterranean Sea
Cardium costatum	Costate cockle	Eastern Central Atlantic
Cardium exiguum	Diminutive cockle	Mediterranean Sea
Cardium indicum		Mediterranean Sea.
Cardium ringens	Gaping cockle	Eastern Atlantic
Cerastoderma edule	Common edible cockle	Eastern Atlantic, the Med	5.6 SHL
Cerastoderma glaucum	Olive green cockle	Northeast Atlantic, the M
Ciliatocardium ciliatum	Hairy cockle	Arctic, Northern Pacific	7 SHL
Clinocardium blandum	Low-rib cockle	Eastern Pacific.	5 SHL
Clinocardium buellowi		Northwest Pacific.
Clinocardium nuttallii	Nuttall cockle	Arctic, Northwest and Eas	14 SHL
Corculum cardissa	True heart cockle	Indo-Pacific	8 SHH
Corculum dionaeum		Central Pacific
Corculum impressum		Western Central Pacific
Corculum monstrosum		Indo-Pacific.
Corculum roseum		Western Pacific
Ctenocardia fornicata		Indo-West Pacific.
Ctenocardia guppyi	Guppy strawberry-cockle	Western Atlantic	0.8 DL
Ctenocardia gustavi		Central Pacific.
Ctenocardia symbolica		Western Pacific.
Ctenocardia translata		Indo-West Pacific.
Ctenocardia virgo		Indo-West Pacific
Dinocardium robustum	Giant Atlantic cockle	Western Central Atlantic	11.9 DL
Discors aurantiacum		Western Pacific
Fragum bannoi		Western Pacific
Fragum erugatum		Indo-West Pacific.	1.4 TL
Fragum fragum	White strawberry cockle	Indo-Pacific	4 SHH
Fragum grasi		Western Central Pacific
Fragum hemicardium	Pacific half cockle	Indo-Pacific	5.5 SHH
Fragum mundum		Pacific Ocean.
Fragum nivale		Western Indian Ocean	1.2 TL
Fragum peronatum		Western Pacific.
Fragum scruposum		Indo-West Pacific.
Fragum sueziense		Indo-West Pacific.
Fragum unedo	Pacific strawberry cockle	Indo-Pacific	6.5 SHH
Freneixicardia victor		Indo-West Pacific.	4 TL
Frigidocardium centumliratum		Western Indian Ocean
Frigidocardium eos		Indo-West Pacific.
Frigidocardium exasperatum		Indo-West Pacific.
Frigidocardium helios		Western Central Pacific.
Frigidocardium iris		Western Central Pacific
Frigidocardium kiranum		Western Pacific.
Frigidocardium sancticaroli		Western Central Pacific.
Frigidocardium thaanumi		Eastern Pacific	1.84 SHL
Frigidocardium torresi		Indo-West Pacific.
Frigidocardium valdentatum		Pacific Ocean. From off
Fulvia aperta		Indo-West Pacific.
Fulvia australis		Indo-West Pacific. Intro
Fulvia boholensis		Indo-West Pacific.
Fulvia bullata		Western Pacific.
Fulvia colorata		Western Central Pacific.
Fulvia dulce		Western Indian Ocean	2.47 TL
Fulvia dulcis		Western Central Pacific.
Fulvia fragiformis		Western Central Pacific
Fulvia fragilis	Fragile cockle	Western Indian Ocean
Fulvia hungerfordi		Indo-Pacific.
Fulvia imperfecta		Western Central Pacific
Fulvia laevigata		Indo-West Pacific.
Fulvia lineonotata		Indo-West Pacific.
Fulvia mutica	Egg cockle	Northwest Pacific.
Fulvia papyracea	Paper cockle	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL
Fulvia scalata		Indo-West Pacific.
Fulvia subquadrata		Western Central Pacific.
Fulvia tenuicostata		Western Central Pacific
Fulvia undatopicta		Indo-Pacific.
Goethemia elegantula		Western Atlantic.	0.77 DL
Hippopus hippopus	Bear paw clam	Indo-West Pacific.	50 SHL
Hippopus porcellanus	China clam	Western Central Pacific	41.1 SHL
Keenocardium blandum		Northeast Pacific
Keenocardium californiense	Aleutian cockle	Eastern Pacific and the A	7.5 SHH
Laevicardium attenuatum	Attenuated cockle	Indo-West Pacific.	6 TL
Laevicardium biradiatum		Indo-West Pacific.
Laevicardium crassum	Norwegian egg cockle	Northeast Atlantic and th	7.5 SHL
Laevicardium elatum	Giant eggcockle	Eastern Central Pacific a
Laevicardium fiski		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Laevicardium laevigatum	Eggcockle	Western Central Atlantic
Laevicardium lobulatum		Western Pacific.
Laevicardium mortoni	Yellow eggcockle	Western Central Atlantic
Laevicardium multipunctatum		Western Pacific.
Laevicardium oblongum		Mediterranean Sea
Laevicardium pictum	Painted eggcockle	Western Central Atlantic	1.6 DL
Laevicardium pristis		Western Atlantic.	3.9 DL
Laevicardium pulcherrimum		Western Pacific
Laevicardium rubropictum		Indo-Pacific.
Laevicardium serratum		Western Atlantic.	4.2 DL
Laevicardium sybariticum	Delicate eggcockle	Western Central Atlantic	1.7 DL
Lunulicardia auricula		Indo-West Pacific.
Lunulicardia hemicardium		Western Pacific.
Lunulicardia retusa	Blunted cockle	Indo-West Pacific.
Lunulicardia subretusa		Western Pacific
Lyrocardium aeolicum		Eastern Central Atlantic
Lyrocardium aurantiacum		Western Central Pacific
Lyrocardium lyratum	Lyrate cockle	Indo-Pacific.
Maoricardium setosum		Western Pacific
Microcardium aequiliratum		Indo-West Pacific
Microcardium delicatulum		Western Atlantic and East	2.2 DL
Microcardium sakuraii		Indo-West Pacific.
Microcardium tenuilamellosum		Western Central Pacific
Microcardium trapezoidale		Pacific Ocean. From off
Microcardium velatum		Western Central Pacific
Microfragum festivum		Western Pacific.
Microfragum subfestivum		Pacific Ocean.
Monodacna colorata	Coloured lagoon cockle	Endemic in the Black Sea.
Nemocardium bechei		Indo-Pacific.
Nemocardium centifilosum	Hundred-line cockle	Eastern Pacific	2.5 SHL
Nemocardium enigmaticum		Southwest Pacific
Nemocardium exasperatum		Western Central Pacific	2.5 TL
Nemocardium peramabile	Lovely micro-cockle	North America.	1.8 DL
Nemocardium pulchellum		Indo-West Pacific.
Nemocardium samarangae		Northwest Pacific
Nemocardium tinctum	Dyed micro-cockle	Western Central Atlantic	1.9 DL
Papillicardium minimum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Papillicardium papillosum		Mediterranean Sea.
Papyridea lata		Western Central Atlantic	3.3 DL
Papyridea semisulcata	Frilled papercockle	Western Central Atlantic	1.4 DL
Papyridea soleniformis	Spiny papercockle	Western Central Atlantic
Parvicardium carrozzai		Mediterranean Sea.
Parvicardium exiguum	Little cockle	Northeast Atlantic and th
Parvicardium hauniense		Northeast Atlantic
Parvicardium pinnulatum	Northern dwarf cockle	Northern Atlantic and the
Parvicardium roseum		Mediterranean Sea
Parvicardium scabrum		Eastern Atlantic, Mediter
Parvicardium scriptum		Mediterranean Sea
Parvicardium trapezium		Mediterranean Sea
Parvicardium vroomi		Mediterranean Sea.
Plagiocardium mansitii		Western Pacific
Plagiocardium papillosum		Mediterranean Sea
Plagiocardium pseudolatum	Broad cockle	Indo-West Pacific	7.5 SHL
Plagiocardium setosum		Western Pacific.
Pseudofulvia arago		Southwest Pacific and Eas
Pseudofulvia caledonica		Indo-West Pacific.
Serripes groenlandicus	Greenland smoothcockle	Arctic, Northern Pacific	11 SHL
Serripes laperousii	Broad smoothcockle	Eastern Pacific and the A
Trachycardium angulatum	Angulate cockle	Indo-West Pacific	9.5 SHH
Trachycardium arenicolum		Indo-West Pacific.
Trachycardium beauforti		Western Pacific.
Trachycardium burchardi		Northwest Pacific
Trachycardium compunctum		Northwest Pacific
Trachycardium consors	Consors' cockle	Eastern Pacific. Tropica
Trachycardium egmontianum	Florida pricklycockle	North America.	8.4 DL
Trachycardium elongatum		Western Central Pacific	9 TL
Trachycardium enode		Western Pacific.
Trachycardium flavum	Fan-shaped cockle	Western Pacific.	6 TL
Trachycardium foveolatum		Western Pacific
Trachycardium impolitum		Indo-West Pacific.
Trachycardium isocardia	West Indian prickly cockle	Western Atlantic	7.5 DL
Trachycardium magnum	Magnum pricklycockle	North America.
Trachycardium manueli		Western Atlantic.	6.8 DL
Trachycardium muricatum	American yellow cockle	Western Atlantic.	7 DL
Trachycardium nigropunctatum		Northwest Pacific
Trachycardium okinawaense		Northwest Pacific
Trachycardium rubicundum		Indo-West Pacific	3.5 TL
Trachycardium rugosum	Pacific yellow cockle	Indo-West Pacific	6.5 SHH
Trachycardium transcendens		Indo-Pacific.
Trachycardium unicolor	Unicolor cockle	Indo-Pacific.
Trachycardium variegatum		Western Pacific
Tridacna crocea	Crocus giant clam	Indo-West Pacific	15 SHL
Tridacna derasa	Smooth giant clam	Indo-West Pacific.	60 SHL
Tridacna gigas	Giant clam	Indo-Pacific	137 SHL
Tridacna lorenzi		Western Indian Ocean	26 SHL
Tridacna maxima	Elongate giant clam	Indo-Pacific	41.7 SHL
Tridacna mbalavuana	Tevoro clam	Western Central Pacific
Tridacna noae		Western Pacific.	28 SHL
Tridacna rosewateri		Indo-West Pacific
Tridacna squamosa	Fluted giant clam	Indo-Pacific	45 SHL
Tridacna squamosina		Indo-West Pacific.	32 TL
Trifaricardium nomurai		Western Pacific.
Trigoniocardia adamsii		Western Pacific
Trigoniocardia antillarum		Western Atlantic
Vasticardium angulatum		Indo-West Pacific.
Vasticardium assimile		Western Indian Ocean.
Vasticardium elongatum		Indo-West Pacific
Vasticardium flavum		Western Central Pacific
Vasticardium luteomarginatum		Western Central Pacific
Vasticardium orbita	Orbit cockle	Pacific Ocean	9.3 SHH
Vasticardium papuanum		Indo-West Pacific.
Vasticardium pectiniforme		Indo-Pacific.	4.17 TL
Vasticardium philippinense		Indo-West Pacific.
Vasticardium sewelli		Indo-West Pacific.
Vasticardium subrugosum	Wrinkled cockle	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHH
Vepricardium asiaticum	Asiatic cockle	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Vepricardium coronatum		Western Pacific
Vepricardium incarnatum		Western Pacific.
Vepricardium multispinosum	Many-spined cockle	Indo-West Pacific.
Vepricardium rugatum		Western Pacific
Vepricardium sinense	Chinese cockle	Indo-West Pacific	4.5 SHL

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