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Acanthocardia

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Acanthocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. They are infaunal suspension feeders.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassBivalvia
  4. OrderCardiida
  5. FamilyCardiidae
Habitatmarine
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Acanthocardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. They are infaunal suspension feeders.

==Species== There are six extant species: Acanthocardia aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758) Acanthocardia deshayesii (Payraudeau, 1826) Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758) Acanthocardia paucicostata (Sowerby, 1834) Acanthocardia spinosa (Lightfoot, 1786) Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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