Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) Yellow Prickly Cockle

Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) Yellow Prickly Cockle

    Dead near octopus den, near Matanzas Inlet, St. Johns County, Florida 7/21/2017 (32 mm.). Digital images by Paul Jones.

Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) Yellow Prickly Cockle

Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) Yellow Prickly Cockle

    Intertidal buried in muddy sand, Tolamato River just south of the Usina Bridge, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida 5/27/2017 (top specimen) and 6/21/2017 (bottom specimen). The bottom specimen measures 27.5 mm.

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