Giant Egg Cockle

Laevicardium elatum, the Giant egg cockle, Giant Pacific cockle or the Yellow cardinal cockle, is a species of saltwater clam, a cockle, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. This species is found in the tropical Panamic Province, from Southern California south through the Pacific coast of Mexico and the Gulf of California, and as far south as Panama.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Giant Egg 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

• Laevicardium oblongum
• Fulvia tenuicostata
• Laevicardium crassum
• Acrosterigma cygnorum

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Cardiida

Family

Cardiidae

Genus

Laevicardium

Species

Laevicardium elatum

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