Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Molluscs › true cockles

Angled Cockle

Parvicardium exiguum

Learn Angled Cockle freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) kostaszontanos, some rights reserved (CC BY)

24 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 83, February 61, March 96, April 150, May 217, June 237, July 253, August 218, September 160, October 119, November 65, December 51.
United States1,709
Alaska1,709
Spain14
France14
Greece8
Occitanie8
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur6
Cantabria5
Macedonia-Thrace5
Comunitat Valenciana3

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
GenusParvicardium

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Angled Cockle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works