Gaping Cockle
Bucardium ringens
- Group: Other
- For divers: safe
A robust cockle with a gaping shell, this species lives buried in soft bottoms from inshore shallows out to deeper offshore water. It is harmless, filtering fine particles from the seawater it pumps through its body.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Cardiidae › Bucardium
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 225595.
FAQ
- Is the Gaping Cockle dangerous to divers?
- The Gaping Cockle is harmless to divers.