Acanthocardia tuberculata, the rough cockle, is a species of saltwater clam, a cockle, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. The genus Acanthocardia is present from the Upper Oligocene to the Recent.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Rough 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 echinata
- Acanthocardia aculeata
- Mexicardia procera
- Tegillarca granosa
- Cardites bicolor
- Cardites antiquatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Cardiida
- Family
- Cardiidae
- Genus
- Acanthocardia
- Species
- Acanthocardia tuberculata
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