Acanthocardia echinata European prickly cockle

Acanthocardia echinata is commonly referred to as European prickly cockle. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7649 

AphiaID:

138992 

Scientific:

Acanthocardia echinata 

German:

Stachelige Herzmuschel 

English:

European Prickly Cockle 

Category:

Muslinger 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Cardiida (Order) > Cardiidae (Family) > Acanthocardia (Genus) > echinata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, Tunesien, the North Sea, Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Israel, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

0 - 619 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.95" (7.5 cm) 

Temperature:

6,8 °F - 73.4 °F (6,8°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Acanthocardia aculeata
  Große Herzmuschel
• 
  Acanthocardia deshayesii
  Herzmuschel
• 
  Acanthocardia echinata
  Stachelige Herzmuschel
• 
  Acanthocardia paucicostata
  Knotige Herzmuschel
• 
  Acanthocardia spinosa
  Herzmuschel
• 
  Acanthocardia tuberculata
  Warzige Herzmuschel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-10-27 20:43:37 

Last edit:

2014-10-27 20:43:37 

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