Dallocardia muricata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Dallocardia |
| Species: | D. muricata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dallocardia muricata, the yellow prickly cockle,[1] is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dallocardia muricata Yellow Prickly Cockle". NatureServe. 23 January 2003. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 57.
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