Dinocardium robustum

Dinocardium robustum (Lightfoot, 1786)
Giant Atlantic cockle

photo by O'Keefe, Jo

Family:	Cardiidae (cockles)
Max. size:	11.9 cm DL (male/unsexed)
Environment:	benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m
Distribution:	Western Central Atlantic: USA and Mexico.
Diagnosis:	Diagnostic features: Shell very large for family, inflated, obliquely ovate. Sculpture of about 32 to 36 rounded, smooth radial ribs. Pallial line simple. Margins crenulated. Umbones rounded. Colour: pale tan to yellowish brown, mottled irregularly with red-brown. Posterior slope mahogany brown. Interior salmon pink (Ref. 344).
Biology:	It has a size of 12.5 cm (Ref. 344). Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. Habitat: Buried in sand in shallow subtidal environments (Ref. 344).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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