Laevicardium laevigatum

Laevicardium laevigatum
Laevicardium laevigatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Laevicardium
Species:
L. laevigatum
Binomial name
Laevicardium laevigatum
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Laevicardium laevigatum , or the egg cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[1]

References

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


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