Tucetona laticostata
| Tucetona laticostata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorpha |
| Order: | Arcoida |
| Family: | Glycymerididae |
| Genus: | Tucetona |
| Species: | T. laticostata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tucetona laticostata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Glycymeris laticostata Quoy and Gaimard, 1835 | |
Tucetona laticostata, or the large dog cockle, is a salt water clam or marine bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae.
Despite the common name, it is not closely related to the common cockle. The word dog cockle implies that it roughly resembles a real cockle, but is not considered very good to eat, in other words, "only fit for dogs".
Distribution
The large dog cockle is endemic to New Zealand.
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Internal view of the large dog cockle
References
- Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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