Species

Clinocardium nuttallii (Nuttall’s cockle)

Clinocardium nuttallii. Photo: (c) Jeff Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Clinocardium nuttallii, common name Nuttall’s cockle, basket cockle, or Heart cockle, is a species of large edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Bivalvia (Bivalves)
      - Subclass: Autobranchia
        Infraclass: Heteroconchia
        Subterclass: Euheterodonta
        Superorder: Imparidentia
        Order: Cardiida
        Superfamily: Cardioidea
        Family: Cardiidae (Cockles)
        Subfamily: Clinocardiinae
        Genus: Clinocardium
        Species: Clinocardium nuttallii (Nuttall’s cockle)

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