APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Rough cockle (Marine bivalves)
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Rough cockle
Acanthocardia tuberculata
- shell valve / exterior 1
Acanthocardia tuberculata
- shell valve / exterior 1
Rough cockle
Acanthocardia tuberculata
- shell valve / exterior 2
Rough cockle
Acanthocardia tuberculata
- shell valve / exterior 3
Rough cockle
Acanthocardia tuberculata
- shell valve / interior 1
Rough cockle
Acanthocardia tuberculata
- shell valve / exterior 4
Rough cockle
Acanthocardia tuberculata
- shell valve / interior 2
Rough cockle
Acanthocardia tuberculata
- shell valve / exterior 5
Rough cockle
Acanthocardia tuberculata
- shell valve / exterior 6
Images of shell in my own personal collection. One of the shells featured was trawled by fishermen in the bay of Sint Brieux, Dahouet, France, in 1992. Size of this shell is 42.6mm, specimen was purchased from Guido T. Poppe - Philippe Poppe, Conchology, Inc.. Also images of shell vavles photographed in a private collection in Cornwall. 29.05.12.
Scientific and European Names:
Acanthocardia tuberculata, Acanthocardia (Rudicardium) tuberculata, Cardium rusticum, Cardium tuberculatum, Eucardium (Rudicardium) tuberculatum, Rough cockle, Geknobbelde hartschelp.
Scientific and Common Names used are largely gained from from the WoRMS Database.
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.