Laevicardium elatum

Laevicardium elatum
One valve of Laevicardium elatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Laevicardium
Species: L. laevigatum
Binomial name
Laevicardium elatum
(Sowerby, 1833)

Laevicardium elatum, common name's the giant egg cockle, giant Pacific cockle and the yellow cardinal cockle is a species of saltwater clam, a cockle, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. This species is found in the tropical Panamic Province, from Southern California south through the Pacific coast of Mexico and the Gulf of California, and as far south as Panama.

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