Acanthocardia paucicostata
(Sowerby II, 1834) |
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British Isles to Canarias, Mediterranean & Black Sea. The species was present, 130.000 years ago, in southern Baltic (Meng & al., 2015). Intertidal to 25m deep.
Original taxon: Cardium paucicostatum.
Castellaneta Marina, Taranto, Puglia, S. Italy. 28mm. |
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« Globose, slightly transverse, posterior area slightly hihger and developed than the anterior one; 15 to 20 costae, wide at the base, angular at the top, adorned with spines that are little projecting. We only saw pretty small samples. »
– Locard & Caziot: “Coquilles marines des côtes de Corse”, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., t.47, Paris 1901, via BHL.
synonym: laticostatum.
Gulf of Fos, Marseille, Provence, S. France. 30mm. |
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| On shallow sand, Tarragona, Catalunya, NE. Spain. 24mm. |
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Specimens from Atlantic.
At low tide in muddy sand, plage de la Concurrence, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, W. France. 27-30mm. |
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| In discard pile of oyster farm, Bois Bas, Baden, Gulf of Morbihan, S. Brittany, NW. France. The shell was dredged offshore at 8-10m deep. |
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| A spiny specimen dredged in the roadstead of Brest, W. Brittany. 35mm. |
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| At low tide on sand and gravel, western shore, Sillon de Talbert, W. of Paimpol, N. Brittany. 35mm. |
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| Left valve. 1m deep inside sediment, 17m deep, Prokljan marine lake, Šibenik-Knin Comitat, W. Croatia. 13mm. |
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| Fragment of a juvenile. 65m deep, Kornati channel, Šibenik-Knin Comitat. 4,9mm. |