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.

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lexID:

6991 

AphiaID:

138993 

Scientific:

Acanthocardia paucicostata 

German:

Knotige Herzmuschel 

English:

Poorly Ribbed Cockle 

Category:

Sea Shells 

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:

• 
  Acanthocardia aculeata
  Große Herzmuschel
• 
  Acanthocardia deshayesii
  Herzmuschel
• 
  Acanthocardia echinata
  Stachelige Herzmuschel
• 
  Acanthocardia paucicostata
  Knotige Herzmuschel
• 
  Acanthocardia spinosa
  Herzmuschel
• 
  Acanthocardia tuberculata
  Warzige Herzmuschel

 

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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