Acrosterigma magnum

Acrosterigma magnum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Heterodonta
Order:	Cardiida
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Acrosterigma
Species:	A. magnum
Binomial name
	Acrosterigma magnum; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Cardium leucostomum Born, 1780 (synonym); Cardium magnum Linnaeus, 1758 (new comb.); Cardium marmoreum Lamarck, 1819 (synonym); Cardium subelongatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1840 (synonym); Trachycardium magnum (Linnaeus, 1758);

Acrosterigma magnum , or the magnum cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the true cockles.

Description

Acrosterigma magnum has a shell reaching a length of 38 – 48 mm.

This species is found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Mexico and northern Brazil.[1]

Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 57.

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