Acanthocardia paucicostata Poorly ribbed cockle

Acanthocardia paucicostata is commonly referred to as Poorly ribbed cockle. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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AphiaID:: 138993

Scientific:: Acanthocardia paucicostata
German:: Knotige Herzmuschel
English:: Poorly Ribbed Cockle

Category:: Zee schelpen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Cardiida (Order) > Cardiidae (Family) > Acanthocardia (Genus) > paucicostata (Species)
Initial determination:: (G. B. Sowerby II, ), 1834

Occurrence:: Tunesien, Straße von Gibraltar, Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Israel, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: 1.42" - 1.97" (3.6cm - 5cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-11 18:25:29
Last edit:: 2014-04-11 18:25:29

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(Sowerby II, 1841)

Synonyms:
Acanthocardia (Sphaerocardium) ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
canthocardia (Sphaerocardium) ciliaris milaschewitschi Kafanov, 1980
Cardium aculeatum var. perrugosa Fontannes, 1882 †Cardium paucicostatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834
Cardium paucicostatum var. alba Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892
Cardium paucicostatum var. impedita Milaschewitsch, 1909
Cardium laticostatum Mayer-Eymar, 1898
Cardium paucicostatum var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892
Cardium paucicostatum var. producta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892
Cardium paucicostatum var. rotundicosta Sacco, 1899 †

External links

Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
National Museum Wales | Department of Natural Sciences (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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