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Cardiidae

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Stock #  # Available  Name    Description    Locality  $USD

....25186...(1)...Acrosterigma dampierense Wilson & Stevenson, 1977....35 mm. F++. Elongate, finely ribbed cockles with just a hint of tan on white pattern...Australia...$6 (1 available)

....38250...(5)...Americardia biangulata Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....30 to 33 mm. F++. Good, chunky specimens of this brown speckled, broad ribbed Cockle with bright purple-red interior stain...West Mexico...$4 (5 available)

....38251...(6)...Americardia media Linne, 1758....30 to 34 mm. F++. Fat, angular, and with numerous browm speckled ribs. Interior usually unstained...Caribbean...$5 (6 available)

....29715...(2)...Callocardia thorae Vokes, 1985....15, 18 mm. F++. Shiny white, globose & highly inflated...Philippines...$18 (2 available)

....30296...(1)...Callocardia thorae Vokes, 1985....17 mm. F++. Small & highly inflated deep water species...Philippines...$30 (1 available)

SOLD....Cardium beauforti Prashad, 1932....33 mm. F++. Australia. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

....39190...(1)...Cardium beechei Reeve, 1840....32 mm. F+. Good example, pastel pink under varnishlike partial perio...Japan...$7 (1 available)

....18722...(1)...Cardium beechei Reeve, 1840....40 mm. F++. Superb guys! Mottled rose pink with interesting bi-zonal rib arrangement: the tops!...Australia...$13 (1 available)

....18723...(2)...Cardium dupuchense Reeve, 1845....43 to 46 mm. F++. White, with big ribs, scaly at each end. Lovely lavender interior...Australia...$5 (2 available)

....20427...(4)...Cardium edule Linne, 1758....27 to 30 mm. F++. Nice examples of the edible cockle of Europe. Alive, alive ho!...Belgium...$2 for 2 (4 available)

SOLD....Cardium elatum Sowerby, 1833....82 mm. F+. West Mexico. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

....26512...(1)...Cardium reevianum Dunker, 1852....50 mm. F++. Scaly ribs shade to burnt orange at the margins. Large & luscious...Australia...$5 (1 available)

....26738...(6)...Cardium reevianum Dunker, 1852....38 to 44 mm. F++. Oval outline, with strong V shaped ribs...Australia...$4 (6 available)

....37515...(4)...Cardium species....21 to 26 mm. F+. Pastel orangey-pink with finely spined squarish ribs...Philippines...$5 (4 available)

....33743...(2)...Cardium sp....60 & 72 mm. F++. Quite laterally compressed, producing an elongate shell with strong ribs...Tanzania...$6  (2 available)

....8034...(1)...Cerastoderma glaucum Bruguiere, 1789....34 mm. F. Fresh-dead, but ok...Netherlands..$2 (1 available)

....37391...(2)...Cerastoderma pinnulatum Conrad, 1831....9 to 11 mm. F+. Big for this tiny cardium species known as the Northern Dwarf cockle...Atlantic Canada...$4 (2 available)

....37383...(4)...Cerastoderma pinnulatum Conrad, 1831....6 to 7 mm. F+. Tiny cardium species known as the Northern Dwarf cockle...Atlantic Canada...$3 (4 available)

SOLD....Clinocardium ciliatum Fabricius, 1780....57 mm. F+. Atlantic Canada. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

SOLD....Clinocardium ciliatum Fabricius, 1780....46 mm. F+. Atlantic Canada........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

....23239...(1)...Corculum cardissa Linne, 1758....62 mm. F+ high: good quality, Jumbo size, Pure, pastel yellow - this one rings my chimes!...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....23304...(2)...Corculum cardissa Linne, 1758....57 to 60 mm. F++.  Creamy white & on the large size. I guess you could call them big-hearted...Philippines...$4   (2 available)

....36007...(1)....Corculum cardissa Linne, 1758....51 mm. F++. Big, all white example in good shape...Philippines...$5   (1 available)

....26052...(5)...Corculum cardissa Linne, 1758....42 to 52 mm. F++. Pretty daffodil yellow examples...Philippines...$4 (5 available)

....23305...(4)...Corculum cardissa Linne, 1758....47 to 50 mm. F++.  Nicely ribbed & with serrated margins...Philippines...$3 or $5 for 2  (4 available)

....35121...(1)...Corculum cardissa Linne, 1758....32 mm. F+ solid. Spectacular lemon yellow, rarely this intense, with a few pink accent spots...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....23307...(2)...Corculum impressum Lightfoot, 1786....46 to 50 mm. F++. Will sit flat on the ligament end it is so impressed...Philippines..$4 (2 available)

....31451...(1)...Corculum impressum Lightfoot, 1786....35 mm. F++. So deformed to one side it can sit flat on the side & look a bit like limpet!...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....29660...(1)...Corculum impressum Lightfoot, 1786....34 mm. F++. "Impressum-ive" specimen of the handsome yellow colour form, unusual for this species...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....38261...(1)...Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot, 1786....90 mm. F+. Totally HUGE specimen, with brown dashed ribs...N. Florida...$7 (1 available)

....38262...(1)...Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot, 1786....76 mm. F+. Big, fat, example with rich brown interior...N. Florida...$6 (1 available)

....38263...(4)...Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot, 1786....55 to 69 mm. F+. Good examples with rich, purple-brown interiors...N. Florida...$5 (4 available)

....30640...(1)...Dinocardium robustum fm. vanhyningi Clench & Smith, 1944....90 mm. F++. Nicely brown spotted specimen with excellent margins...Florida...$4 (1 available)

....29518...(1)...Dinocardium robustum fm. vanhyningi Clench & Smith, 1944....109 mm. F+.  Nice big example, speckled with red-brown...Florida...$4  (1 available) OVERSIZE

SOLD....Dinocardium robustum fm. vanhyningi Clench & Smith, 1944....97, 95 mm. F++. Florida. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

SOLD....Dinocardium robustum fm. vanhyningi Clench & Smith, 1944....93 to 96 mm. F++.  Florida. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

SOLD....Dinocardium robustum fm. vanhyningi Clench & Smith, 1944....81 mm. F++. Florida. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

....23302...(12)...Fragum hemicardium Linne, 1758....36 to 41 mm. F++.  Triangular pastel speckled singles. Halve a heart & buy one...Philippines...$3  (12 available)

....22057...(2prs)...Fragum hemicardium Linne, 1758....33 to 39 mm. F++.  Pairs, one pink tinted, the other yellow, both flecked with red...Philippines...$7 (2 pairs available)

....28424...(1)...Fragum hemicardiumLinne, 1758....36 mm. F++.  Strongly keeled & liberally spotted in orange-pink...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....27123...(6prs)...Fragum hemicardium Linne, 1758....32 to 40 mm. F++.  Pretty 2 colour pairs, one with pink spots, the other with yellow tints...Philippines...$7  (6 pairs available)

....39036...(1)...Fragum unedo Linne, 1758....63.5 mm. F+. Biggest one I’ve seen!...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....38268...(3)...Fragum unedo Linne, 1758....50, 52 mm. F++. Big white angular Cockles, with dark red rib scales...Indo Pacific...$5 (3 available)

....26787...(3)...Fragum unedo Linne, 1758....48 to 52 mm. F++.  Big, squarish white cockles with scattered pink rib scales...Australia...$5  (3 available)

....38269...(3)...Fragum unedo Linne, 1758....46 to 49 mm. F++. Good sized examples with scattered red rib scales...Indo Pacific...$4 (3 available)

....26788...(3)...Fragum unedo Linne, 1758....40 to 47 mm. F++.  Rectangular, with deep pink rib scales...Australia...$3  (3 available)

....8017...(2)...Fragum unedo Linne, 1758....46.5, 45 mm. Gem.  Good data. you needo one of these...Fiji...$3  (2 available)

....24556...(3)...Fragum unedo Linne, 1758....42 mm. F++.  Nice example with pink rib scales...Philippines...$3  (3 available)

....14241...(1)...Fragum unedo Linne, 1758....35 mm. F++. White with pink riblets...Australia...$3   (1 available)

....14158...(2)...Laevicardium attenuatum Sowerby, 1840....68 mm. F+.  Large!! Pastel yellow to orange & almost smooth...India...$7 (2 available)

....8028.....(2)...Laevicardum attenuatum Sowerby, 1841....62 mm. F++. Decent ones...India...$8  (2 available)

....8029.....(2)...Laevicardum attenuatum Sowerby, 1841....57, 60 mm. F++. Normal: an attractive pastel species...India...$7  (2 available)

....8027...(1)...Laevicardum attenuatum Sowerby, 1841....54 mm. F+ high. Smooth, orange tinted & elongate...India..$5  (1 available)

....8025...(2prs)...Laevicardum attenuatum Sowerby, 1841....45 - 51 mm. F++.  Contrast-pairs of a lovely species...India...$8   (2 pairs available)

....37498...(1)...Laevicardium attenuatum Sowerby, 1841....48 mm. F++. Wonderfully elongated species in bright shades of orange...Tanzania...$6 (1 available)

SOLD....Laevicardium attenuatum Sowerby, 1840....84.5 mm. F+/F++.  WORLD RECORD SIZE!...India. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

....37409...(1)...Laevicardium biradiatum Bruguiere, 1789....26 mm. F++. Prettily speckled with orange-pink markings...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....34505...(1)...Laevicardium biradiatum Bruguiere, 1789....27 mm. F++. Shiny & nearly smooth, mottled with pastel rose...Japan...$6 (1 available)

....39055...(1)...Laevicardium laevigatum Linne, 1758....53 mm. F+. Good sized, patternless all white albino...Florida...$7 (1 available)

....38252...(4)...Laevicardium laevigatum Linne, 1758....48 to 51 mm. F++. These full sized, ribless, white shells show why they are known as Egg cockles...Florida...$5 (4 available)

....38253...(7)...Laevicardium laevigatum Linne, 1758....35 to 40 mm. F++. Fresh, shiny white mid-sized examples, with tints of orange & purple inside...Bahamas...$3 (7 available)

....8022...(1pr)...Laevicardum laevigatum Linne, 1758....34, 32 mm. F++. Pair, one is a TRUE ALBINO...Bahamas...$7  (1 pair available)

....8021...(1).....Laevicardum laevigatum Linne, 1758....43 mm. F++. Pure White...Bahamas...$5 (1 available)

....8020...(1set)...Laevicardum laevigatum Linne, 1758....29 - 25 mm. F++.  Good 3-sets...Bahamas..$5  (1 set available)

....38254...(4prs)...Laevicardium substriatum Conrad, 1837....20 to 22 mm. F+. Pairs of this small species, one with pale interior, the other, brown mottled...West Mexico...$5 (4 pairs available)

....39039...(2)...Lunulicardia hemicardia Linne, 1758....45, 47 mm. F++. All white, strongly keeled, big albinos...Philippines...$5 (2 available)

....23465..(1)...Lyrocardium lyratum Sowerby, 1840....53 mm. F++.  Big specimen, with neat 2-way ribbing & deep red periostracum...Zanzibar...$7  (1 available)

....26902...(1)...Lyrocardium lyratum Sowerby, 1840....51 mm. F++.  Oddly angled ridges on just one end, normal cockle ribs on the other half...Tanzania...$5  (1 available)

....18504...(2)...Lyrocardium lyratum Sowerby, 1841....50 mm. F+ high. Big richly coloured specimens...Philippines...$6 (2 available)

....28223...(1)...Lyrocardium lyratum Sowerby, 1840....45 mm. F++.  Pastel orange mottled, with uniquely angled ribs...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....18503...(3)...Lyrocardium lyratum Sowerby, 1841....40 to 45 mm. F+ high. Oddly angled ribs, deep red periostracum, interior blushed with yellow & red...Philippines...$4 (3 available)

....27738...(1)...Lyrocardium lyratum Sowerby, 1840....42 mm. F++.  A favorite cockle (ok, one of MY favorites...), with angled ribs on one half & a deep red partial periostracum...Tanzania...$4  (1 available)

....14273...(1set)...Lyrocardium lyratum Sowerby, 1841....24 - 46 mm. F+ nicely. 3 piece growth series. Odd off-set ribs under dark red perio...Philippines...$9 new price(1 set available)

....25625...(3)...Nemocardium exasperatum Sowerby, 1841....20 to 24 mm. F+. Don't be exasperated by missing one of these spiny ribbed deep water cockles...South China Sea...$15 (3 available)

....34624...(3)...Nemocardium exasperatum Sowerby, 1841....18 to 22 mm. F++.  Chubby little deep water cockle with highly spinous ribs...South China Sea...$12  (3 available)

....35367...(4)...Nemocardium pulchellum Gray, 1843....19 to 26 mm. F. Good single valves...New Zealand...$2  (4 available)

....35366...(1)...Nemocardium pulchellum Gray, 1843....22 mm. F. Large but fresh dead examples...New Zealand...$4  (1 available)

....35365...(3)...Nemocardium pulchellum Gray, 1843....18 to 21 mm. F++. Neat nearly ribless pink flushed deep water cockles...New Zealand...$5  (3 available)

....27693...(1)...Plagicardium pseudolima Lamark, 1819....52.5 mm. F++. ALBINO...Zanzibar...$16 (1 available)

....39125...(2)...Trachycardium angulatum Lamarck, 1822....85, 90 mm. F++. Great, big examples with nicely intact margins...Philippines...$6 (2 available)

....39040...(1)...Trachycardium angulatum Lamarck, 1822....80 mm. F+. Large & squarish, with pretty pastel tinted rims...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....39126...(3)...Trachycardium angulatum Lamarck, 1822....75 to 79 mm. F++. Good sized specimens with purple brown inner rim...Philippines...$5 (3 available)

SOLD....Trachycardium belcheri Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....29 mm. F++. Panama. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

....38256...(6)...Trachycardium cf. consors Sowerby, 1833....38 to 45 mm. F++. All white, with ribs totally covered in sharp scales...West Mexico...$8 (6 available)

NEW....39502...(2)...Trachycardium egmontianum Shuttleworth, 1856....53, 57 mm. F+. Pure white albinos inside & out, with virtually all rib spines intact...Florida...$6 (2 available)

NEW....39503...(2)...Trachycardium egmontianum Shuttleworth, 1856....50, 52 mm. F+. Aptly known as the “prickly cockle”due to spines on all ribs. Has shiny orange pink interiors...Florida...$4 (2 available)

.....8064.....(3)...Trachycardium cf. egmontianum Shuttleworth, 1856....41, 43 mm. gem-. Brown pattern...Florida...$3 (3 available)

....14014...(1)...Trachycardium egmontianum Shuttleworth, 1856....41 mm. F+. Gray-brown with scaly ribs...Florida...$3 (1 available)

....38266...(7)...Trachycardium egmontianum Shuttleworth, 1856....35 to 43 mm. F++. Spiny ribbed species with glorious orange & purple interior...Venezuela...$4 (7 available)

....38267...(1)...Trachycardium egmontianum Shuttleworth, 1856....39 mm. F++. Albino specimen has all white interior...Venezuela...$7 (1 available

....23479...(1)...Trachycardium elongatum Bruguiere, 1789....82 mm. F++.  Big example, oval outline, tan coloured with white interior...Zanzibar...$5   (1 available)

....8735...(4)...Trachycardium elongatum Bruguiere, 1789....41 - 58 mm. F++. Pale pastel flecked cockles...SE India...$3  (4 available)

....23480...(1)...Trachycardium cf. flavum Linne, 1758....55 mm. F++.  Curved ribs give it a squashed-to-one-side effect. Interesting!...Zanzibar...$4  (1 available)

....37452...(1pr)....Trachycardium flavum Linne, 1758....30, 31 mm. F++. Lovely colour pair, one typically white with yellow, the other with lots of lavender...Philippines...$7 (1 pair available)

....38255...(1)...Trachycardium isocardia Linne, 1758....64 mm. F++. Large, lovely, fat & well spined, with brown mottling & orange flushed interior...Bahamas...$7 (1 available)

....26870...(3)...Trachycardium magnum Linne, 1758....33 mm to 35mm. F++.  Lightly mottled in pastel colours. Smaller specimens of this uncommon cockle...Brazil...$3  (3 available)

....34062...(2)...Trachycardium manueli Prado, 1993....49, 55 mm. F++.  Pretty species, with spiny ribbed ends & scattering of pastel pink rib spots...Uruguay...$15  (2 available)

NEW....39505...(1)...Trachycardium muricatum Linne, 1758....53 to 55 mm. F++. Nice specimen of the less common pastel yellow colour form...Brazil...$8 (1 available)

Re-listed....14167...(6)...Trachycardium muricatum Linne, 1758....53 to 55 mm. F++. Lovely, spiny ribbed examples of the typical colour form...Brazil...$5 (6 available)

....38257...(9)...Trachycardium muricatum Linne, 1758....33 to 40 mm. F++. Nearly round, and with fine spines only on the end ribs...Florida...$5 for 2 (9 available)

....37518...(3sets)...Trachycardium muricatum Linne, 1758....33 to 42 mm. F++. Nice trios with finely spiny end ribs...Venezuela...$7 (3 sets available)

....8057...(5prs)...Trachycardium muricatum Linne, 1758....34 - 24 mm. gem-. Beautiful pairs, one yellow tinted, the other pink!  Fabulous DATA...Florida...$5  (5 pairs available)

....14017...(2)...Trachycardium muricatum Linne, 1758....37, 43 mm. F++. Albino form...Antigua...$5 (2 available)

....26869...(3)...Trachycardium muricatum Linne, 1758....46 to 50 mm. F++.  Good specimens, with rib scales like a wood rasp...Brazil...$4  (3 available)

....28719...(7)...Trachycardium muricatum Linne, 1758....30 to 45 mm. F+.  Brown speckled cockles with scaly ribs...Venezuela...$4 for 2  (7 available)

....39042...(2)...Trachycardium orbita Sowerby, 1833....52, 55 mm. F+ high. Elongate, with scaly ribs & brown interior rim...Philippines...$6 (2 available)

SOLD....Trachycardium panamense Sowerby, 1830....62, 63 mm. F+. West Mexico. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

....38258...(2)...Trachycardium pristipleura Dall, 1901....70 to 74 mm. F++. Jumbo specimens of this fat, strongly ribbed species. Lightly patterned in brown...West Mexico...$6 (2 available)

....38259...(4)...Trachycardium pristipleura Dall, 1901....63 to 69 mm. F++. Excellent, freshly beached examples, strongly ribbed & mottled in brown...West Mexico...$5 (4 available)

....38260...(3)...Trachycardium pristipleura Dall, 1901....50 to 59mm. F++. Good specimens for those with size restrictions (where am I going to fit that shell?)...West Mexico...$4 (3 available)

....38585...(1)...Trachycardium serricostatum Melvill & Standen, 1899....62 mm. F++. Pretty specie with purple markings & yellow rim. Main ribs have fine teeth along the edges...Somalia...$8 (1 available)

....39041...(1)...Trachycardium specie....53 mm. F++. Has fine spines on all ribs, not just the end ribs as in T. muricatum...Florida...$7 (1 available)

....31815...(3)...Trachcardium sp.....42 to 52 mm. F++. Pastel orange with yellow interior & spines on only a few posterior ribs...Thailand...$10 (3 available)

....20686...(3)...Vasticardium assimile Reeve, 1844....37 to 52 mm. F++.  Plump ovals, with rib scales on one end...Tanzania...$8  (3 available)