Trachycardium magnum

Trachycardium magnum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Trachycardium
Species: T. magnum
Binomial name
Trachycardium magnum
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Trachycardium magnum, or the magnum cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Florida Keys to Brazil.[1]

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 57.