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Vasticardium cockle (no English common name)
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Vasticardium cockle (no English common name)

Vasticardium luteomarginatum

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 381345, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Vasticardium cockle (no English common name)
Scientific
Vasticardium luteomarginatum
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Clams and other bivalves
Family
Cardiidae (cockles and giant clams)
Depth and habitat
Sea floor (benthic)
IUCN status
NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)

Description

A cockle with a rounded, ribbed shell and a yellow inner margin. It lives buried in sand in shallow water.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4, 3 observers).

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.