Dinocardium robustum (John Lightfoot, 1786) Atlantic Giant Cockle

White colored specimen

Dinocardium robustum (John Lightfoot, 1786) Atlantic Giant Cockle

Dinocardium robustum (John Lightfoot, 1786) Atlantic Giant Cockle

    Alive in sand, Smyrna Dunes County Park south of Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, 12/13/2008 (60 mm.) The living animal was much lighter in coloration than that of a specimen with a more conventionally colored shell. Digital images by Joel Wooster.