A cockle is a marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae.
Bivalvia or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of aquatic molluscs that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed by a calcified exosk
Cockle (bivalve)
…A cockle is a marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae. True cockles live in sandy, sheltered…
Haeckel Acephala
Empty shell of the giant clam (Tridacna gigas)
Empty shells of the sword razor (Ensis ensis)
Anadara, a bivalve with taxodont dentition from the Pliocene of Cyprus