Acanthocardia tuberculata Moroccan Cockles

Acanthocardia tuberculata is commonly referred to as Moroccan Cockles. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5720 

AphiaID:

381057 

Scientific:

Acanthocardia tuberculata 

German:

Warzige Herzmuschel 

English:

Moroccan Cockles 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Cardiida (Order) > Cardiidae (Family) > Acanthocardia (Genus) > tuberculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, Northeast Atlantic, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Gravel soil, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

9,0 cm 

Temperature:

46.4 °F - 20,7 °F (8°C - 20,7°C) 

Food:

Deposit feeder, Filter feeder, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

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:

2013-07-10 19:26:33 

Last edit:

2024-11-28 20:39:48 

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