Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Laevicardium crassum
Cardium crassum
Norwegian cockle
Norway cockle
The smooth cockle
Collection ID:
Z555.1.191
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 3 specimens. One with both valves still attached, 1 right valve and 1 left valve that are likely from the same creature. The two separate valves are quite damaged and cracked. Large, roughly oval in shape and off white. Well defined radiating ridges as well as fairly clear concentric growth lines. Can be found in sand and shell gravel to the end of the continental shelf.
Field collection
| Collector | Robert Rendall |
References
| Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.186) |
