Acrosterigma magnum

Acrosterigma magnum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Acrosterigma
Species: A. magnum
Binomial name
Acrosterigma magnum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Cardium leucostomum Born, 1780 (synonym)
  • Cardium magnum Linnaeus, 1758 (new comb.)
  • Cardium marmoreum Lamarck, 1819 (synonym)
  • Cardium subelongatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1840 (synonym)
  • Trachycardium magnum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acrosterigma magnum, or the magnum cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the true cockles.

Description

Acrosterigma magnum has a shell reaching a length of 38 – 48 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Mexico and northern Brazil.[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. 57.


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