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Laevicardium
Genus of molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Laevicardium, common name "egg cockles", is a genus of saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1] They are unusual among the cockles in that they have smooth, rounded, "egg-like" valves.
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Species
There are 33 species in Laevicardium:[2]
- Laevicardium attenuatum
- Laevicardium biradiatum
- Laevicardium brasilianum
- Laevicardium castaneum
- Laevicardium clarionense
- Laevicardium compressum
- Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) — Norwegian egg cockle
- Laevicardium decorticatum
- Laevicardium elatum (Sowerby, 1833) — Giant egg cockle
- Laevicardium eliodelfabroi Cossignani, 2024
- Laevicardium etheringtoni
- Laevicardium gorgasi
- Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus, 1758) — egg cockle
- Laevicardium leptorimum
- Laevicardium lobulatum
- Laevicardium lyratum
- Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1830) — Morton's egg cockle
- Laevicardium multipunctatum
- Laevicardium nemo
- Laevicardium nemocardiforme
- Laevicardium oblongum
- Laevicardium parisiense
- Laevicardium parkinsoni
- Laevicardium pedernalense
- Laevicardium pictum (Ravenel, 1861) — Ravenel's egg cockle
- Laevicardium pristis
- Laevicardium rudentis
- Laevicardium serratum
- Laevicardium substriatum
- Laevicardium sybariticum (Dall, 1886) — Dall's egg cockle
- Laevicardium tegalense
- Laevicardium tenuisulcatum
- Laevicardium tertium
- Laevicardium tristiculum
- Laevicardium venustulum
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References
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