Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Prickly Cockle
Acanthocardia echinata(Linnaeus, 1758) - Prickly Cockle, Surface sculpture - near rim

Image 0006: Surface sculpture - near rim

Note The curved horizontal ridges are in the grooves

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Magnification standard photograph or close-upstandard photograph or close-up
Equipment used Canon EOS400D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens
Magnification ratio (film/sensor to subject) 1:1
Photographer Malcolm Storey
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Image Reference P70935
Found as Dead shell
Date 16 Jul 2007
OS grid ref SN69
Lat/Lon 52° 30' N, 4° 0' W
Location Cardigan, VC46, Wales
Voucher 16 Jul 2007[AE]
Record summary dead shell (right valve), on sand near high water mark
Return to Record page Acanthocardia echinata on 16 Jul 2007 at SN69 in Cardigan
Return to Taxon page Acanthocardia echinata
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