Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Mexican Cockle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Acanthocardia tuberculata
- Acanthocardia echinata
- Americardia biangulata
- Cardites bicolor
- Acanthocardia aculeata
- Purpurocardia purpurata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Cardiida
- Family
- Cardiidae
- Genus
- Mexicardia
- Species
- Mexicardia procera
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