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Norwegian Egg Cockle

Laevicardium crassum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 246, February 182, March 285, April 448, May 646, June 704, July 753, August 648, September 476, October 355, November 194, December 152.
United States5,088
Alaska5,087
Netherlands65
Portugal63
Zuid-Holland54
Spain52
France35
United Kingdom27
FARO22
Galicia21

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Filter feederFeeds by filtering suspended food particles from water.From its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassBivalves · Bivalvia
OrderCockles, Tellins, and Allies · Cardiida
Familytrue cockles · Cardiidae
GenusEgg Cockles · Laevicardium

Sources

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