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Cardiidae

Updated August 23, 2010

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Stock #  # Available  Name    Description    Locality  $USD

....25186...(1)...Acrosterigma dampierense Wilson & Stevenson, 1977....35 to 36 mm. F++. Elongate, finely ribbed cockles with just a hint of tan on white pattern...Australia...$6 (1 available)



....26169...(6)...Callocardia thorae Vokes, 1985....17 to 22 mm. F++. Smooth white deep water cockles, VERY tricky to get...South China Sea...$20 (6 available)

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


....37213...(2)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....23, 21 mm. F++. Lots of spiny ribs & red-brown mottled pattern...Philippines...$8 (2 available)


....37517...(1)...Cardium beauforti Prashad, 1932....33 mm. F++. Elongate, all white cockle. ID by supplier & not listed in Rice...Australia...$8 (1 available)



....18722...(1)...Cardium beechei Reeve, 1840....39 & 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 of them (4 available)



....26511...(3)...Cardium flavum Linne, 1758....28 to 31 mm. F++. Sharp ribbed white ovals...Australia...$4 (3 available)



....8037...(1)...Cardium hemicardium Linne, 1758....27 mm. Gem. Exquisite!...Philippines...$2 (1 available)



....14011...(3)...Cardium minimum Philippi, 1836....6 - 9 mm. F++. Tiny, hard to find cold-water cockle...England...$6 (3 available)


....26512...(1)...Cardium reevianum Dunker, 1852....50 to 60 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)



....34345...(14)...Cerastoderma edule Linne, 1758....23 to 28 mm. F+.  Good examples of the European edible cockle...Belgium...$3 for 2  (14 available)



....8034...(1)...Cerastoderma glaucum Bruguiere, 1789....54 - 53 mm. F+. Fresh-dead, but ok. Netherlands..$2 (1 available)


....37391...(5)...Cerastoderma pinnulatum Conrad, 1831....9 to 11 mm. F+. Big for this tiny cardium species known as the Northern Dwarf cockle...Atlantic Canada...$4 (5 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)


....37534...(1)...Clinocardium ciliatum Fabricius, 1780....57 mm. F+. Big, clean example with pattern of brown markings & fairly good margins...Atlantic Canada...$8 (1 available)

....37535...(1)...Clinocardium ciliatum Fabricius, 1780....53 mm. F. A bit rough edged but with ligament & partial perio...Atlantic Canada...$6 (1 available)

....37536...(1)...Clinocardium ciliatum Fabricius, 1780....46 mm. F+. Good, clean specimen with only slightly rough edges...Atlantic Canada...$7 (1 available)



....25405...(1)...Clinocardium nuttalli Conrad, 1837
....76 mm. F++.  BIG! with partial periostracum between strong ribs...Washington...$5   (1 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 pastel yellow examples...Philippines...$4 (5 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)

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

....23239...(1)...Corculum cardissa Linne, 1758....62 mm. F+ high: good quality.  PURE, CLEAR YELLOW - this one rings my chimes!...Philippines...$15  (1 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)



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

....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)



....23309...(1)...Corculum kirai Shikama, 1964
....30 to 32 mm. F++.  Nice! Concentric bands of deep pink...Philippines...$4  (1 available)



....31449...(2sets)...Corculum - 3 species sets....20 to 24 mm. F+ high. Pretty little 3 piece sets, one each of Corculum cardissa, impressum and kirai, in shades of pastel pink and yellow...Philippines...$9/set (2 sets available)



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

....30640...(1)...Dinocardium robustum fm. vanhyningi Clench & Smith, 1944....90 mm. F++. Nicely brown spotted specimens 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)

....24153...(1)...Dinocardium robustum vanhyningi Clench & Smith, 1944....89 mm. F+.  Elongate, with brown dashed ribs...Florida...$3  (1 available)



....14013...(2)...Fragum fragum Linne, 1758....30 - 35 mm F++.  White and triangular with scaled ribs...New Caledonia...$2  (2 available)



....23301...(3sets)...Fragum hemicardium Linne, 1758
....36 to 41 mm. F++.  Pretty 3 piece sets mottled in pink, orange & yellow...Philippines...$8/set  (3 sets available)

....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/pair (2 pairs 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/pair  (6 pairs available)



....8017...(2)...Fragum unedo Linne, 1758....46.5, 45 mm. Gem.  Good data...Fiji...$3  (2 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)

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

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

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



....8647...(1)...Fulvia aperta Brugiere, 1789....27 mm. F++.  Tan flecks on white..Japan...$6  (1 available)



....18711...(3)...Fulvia australis Sowerby, 1834....25 to 31 mm. F++. Feather light & brown mottled on white, they will provide you great delight.(like my Haiku?)...Australia...$5.50 (3 available)


....37498...(1)...Laevicardium attenuatum Sowerby, 1841....48 mm. F++. wonderfully elongated species in bright shades of orange...Tanzania...$6 (1 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 species...India...$7  (2 available)

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

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

....8027...(1)...Laevicardum attenuatum Sowerby, 1841....54 mm. F+ high. normal..India..$5  (1 available)

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



....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)



....26841...(2)...Levicardium brasilianum Lamarck, 1819....34, 36 mm. F+ solid. Jumbo specimens of this lightly mottled, nearly smooth egg cockle...Brazil...$12 (2 available)


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



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


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

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

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

....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)

....18504...(2)...Lyrocardium lyratum Sowerby, 1841....50 mm. F+ high. Big richly coloured specimens...Philippines...$6 (2 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...$12/set (1 set available)



....31742...(1)...Nemocardium beechei Reeve, 1840....53 to 54 mm. F+. Huge specimens in bright orange & red, smooth except for spiny ribs at one end only...Philippines...$15 (1 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)

....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)



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

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

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

....12110...(1)...Nemocardium pulchellum Gray, 1843....10 - 14 mm. f.  Half grown tiny cockles, single valves...New Zealand...$3 for a "pseudopair" - right & left valves  (1 available)



....26856...(1)...Papyridea soleniformis Bruguiere, 1789....34 mm. F++. Oblong, mottled in deep pink...Brazil...$3 (1 available)



....27693...(1)...Plagicardium pseudolima Lamark, 1819....52 5 mm. F++. ALBINO...Zanzibar...$16 (1 available)



....16142...(1)...Trachycardium belcheri Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....26, 28 mm. F++. Globose & spiney with pastel orange & yellow...Panama...$10 (1 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)



....8735...(4)...Trachycardium elongatum Bruguiere, 1789
....68 - 41 mm. F++. Pale pastel flecked cockles...SE India...$3  (4 available)

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



....34366...(1)...Trachycardium magnum Linne, 1758....47 mm. F++.  Pretty pink peppered speedy cockle (that would be Tachycardium)...Bahamas...$4  (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)


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

....8057...(5prs)...Trachycardium muricatum Linne, 1758....34 - 24 mm. gem-. Beautiful pairs, one YELLOW!  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 of them  (7 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)



....23016...(1)...Vasticardium alternatum Sowerby, 1841....65.5 mm.F++. Quite nice. Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....18719...(1)...Vasticardium alternatum Sowerby, 1841....61 mm. F++.  Elongate oblong, white with light tan mottling...Australia...$8   (1 available)



....20234...(1)...Vasticardium assimile Reeve, 1844....70 mm. F++. SUPER-GIANT!!!! May be a record...Zanzibar...$18  (1 available)

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


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