Dallocardia muricata

Dallocardia muricata, the yellow prickly cockle,^[1] is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae.^[2]

Dallocardia muricata
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Dallocardia
Species:	D. muricata
Binomial name
Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
Cardium campechiense Röding, 1798 Cardium gossei Deshayes, 1855 Cardium lima Reeve, 1845 Cardium muricatum Linnaeus, 1758 Trachycardium lima (Reeve, 1845) Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil.^[3]