Subgenus (Acanthocardia) J. E. Gray, 1851

(3-4-4-0-4-2-1-1-1-0-0-0-0)

aculeata [aculeatum] (C. v Linne, 1758) [(1767)]
(3-4-4-0-4-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0)
European Spiny Cockle, Spiny Cockle
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 326 c
Lindner, 1977 pl 60 c
Syn. Cardium (Cardium) aculeatum C. v Linne, 1758
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 37

echinata (C. v Linne, 1758)
(3-4-4-0-4-2-1-1-1-2-0-0-0)
European Prickly Cockle, Prickly Cockle
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 327 c
Lindner, 1977 pl 60 c

erinaceus J. B. P. A. de Lamarck
(3-4-4-0-4-2-1-1-1-3-0-0-0)
[=Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) spinosa (J. Lightfoot, 1786)]
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 327

? paucicostata (G. B. Sowerby, 1839)
(3-4-4-0-4-2-1-1-1-4-0-0-0)
Poorly-ribbed Cockle
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 327 c

? spinosa (J. Lightfoot, 1786)
(3-4-4-0-4-2-1-1-1-5-0-0-0)
Sand Cockle
Syn. Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) erinaceus J. B. P. A. de Lamarck
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 327 c