APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791) - Smooth cockle (Marine Bivalve Images)
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Smooth cockle
Laevicardium crassum
- shell 1

Smooth cockle
Laevicardium crassum
- shell 2

Smooth cockle
Laevicardium crassum
- shell inside and hinge 1

Smooth cockle
Laevicardium crassum
- shell 3

Smooth cockle
Laevicardium crassum
- shell 4

The Smooth cockle is a large species of cockle. It can be distinguished from the Common Cockle by its smooth shell with 40 low flattened ribs. This cockle burrows quite deeply into sand and mud so only shells are seen washed up on the high tide mark. Fairly common on both coasts, a common find at both Par and Porthpean Beaches.

Photographed in the St. Austell Bay area at Par Beach near St. Blazey and Lower Porthpean Beach near St. Austell.

Scientific and European Names:
Laevicardium crassum, Smooth cockle, Noorse hartschelp, Bucarde.

Laevicardium crassum Smooth cockle
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