- Source: Laevicardium
Laevicardium, common name "egg cockles", is a genus of saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. They are unusual among the cockles in that they have smooth, rounded, "egg-like" valves.
Species
There are 33 species in Laevicardium:
Laevicardium attenuatum
Laevicardium biradiatum
Laevicardium brasilianum
Laevicardium castaneum
Laevicardium clarionense
Laevicardium compressum
Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) — Norwegian egg cockle
Laevicardium decorticatum
Laevicardium elatum (Sowerby, 1833) — Giant egg cockle
Laevicardium eliodelfabroi Cossignani, 2024
Laevicardium etheringtoni
Laevicardium gorgasi
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus, 1758) — egg cockle
Laevicardium leptorimum
Laevicardium lobulatum
Laevicardium lyratum
Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1830) — Morton's egg cockle
Laevicardium multipunctatum
Laevicardium nemo
Laevicardium nemocardiforme
Laevicardium oblongum
Laevicardium parisiense
Laevicardium parkinsoni
Laevicardium pedernalense
Laevicardium pictum (Ravenel, 1861) — Ravenel's egg cockle
Laevicardium pristis
Laevicardium rudentis
Laevicardium serratum
Laevicardium substriatum
Laevicardium sybariticum (Dall, 1886) — Dall's egg cockle
Laevicardium tegalense
Laevicardium tenuisulcatum
Laevicardium tertium
Laevicardium tristiculum
Laevicardium venustulum