Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Cerastoderma edule
Cardium edule
Edible cockle
common European cockle
common edible cockle
common cockle
Collection ID:
Z555.1.190
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 3 specimens. 1 has both valves still connected, the other 2 appear to have once been connected. Broadly oval in shape with very well defined radiating ribs, approx. 22-28 of them. Off grey or cream in colour with an glossy white internal surface. Found in the intertidal and shallow sublittoral in sand and muddy sand.
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.189) |
