Cockle
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COCKLE, in zoology, a mollusc (Cardium) of the class Lamellibranchia. A very large number of species of Cardium have been distinguished by conchologists.
Cockle
Related Category: Zoology: Invertebrates
common name applied to the heart-shaped, jumping or leaping marine bivalve mollusks, belonging to the order Eulamellibranchia.
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Common cockle (Cerastoderma edule)
This well-known edible cockle has a solid shell, consisting of two valves, which feature prominent ribs and concentric growth-lines. The... More 7 Images 2 Videos ...
Mussels, cockles, clams, crabs and small fish.
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The young bird is known by the comparative shortness of the tail, and the uniform green colour of the head.
THE COCKLE-BUR.
For example, the seeds of buffalo grass, cocklebur (Xanthium perforatum), and St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum) readily adhere to American bison hair.
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Invasive non-native plants found in current least Bell's vireo habitat include castor bean (Ricinus communis), cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium), tamarisk, and giant reed (USFWS 1998).
Closely related to oysters, clams and cockles, scallops belong to the Phylum Mollusca and the Class Bivalvia. The main features of scallops include a shell with strong radial ribs and wing-like hinges (called 'ears'), a mantle, and a foot.
The walrus gathers its main food from the seabed, including clams, cockles, mussels, shrimp, worms, sea cucumbers, and even octopuses, as well as some fish. Sometimes a large bull will eat a seal that it has attacked with his tusks.
Crabs, crayfish and bivalve molluscs (two-shelled molluscs such as cockles) are preferred, although it will eat almost anything it can catch.
The Walrus eats clams, cockles, mussels, shrimp, worms, sea cucumbers and octopuses as well as fish. The Inuit have hunted the Walrus for thousands of years and use every part of it in their traditional dress and their food.
However, the last populations were not much hunted for food or feathers, nor did the farmers in rural Florida consider them a pest as the benefit of the birds' love of cockleburs clearly outweighed the minor damage they did to the small-scale garden ...
The 4th photo shows a juvenile carrying a cockle in its bill. The juvenile's plumage is browny-black, the white wing-bars are less well-defined and the tip of the bill is dark as can be seen in the 5th photo.
Diet: Fed primarily on fruits and berries, and seeds, especially of cockleburs and thistles. Considered an agricultural pest as they often fed on planted crops.
Breeding: Wasn't a known breeder in South Dakota
Migration: Unknown.
The dogwhelk, Nucella lapillus, feeds mostly on barnacles and mussels. It may also feed on cockles, other gastropods and assorted bivalves. It possesses a radula, a toothed appendage for removing flesh, and a mouth on an extensible proboscis.
This particular beach is composed entirely of cockle shells, and is appropriately named Shell Beach.
American oyster catchers use their strong bills to crack open mussels and cockles. Gulls scour the beach searching for crabs and small fish. Get in the Zone The intertidal zone isn't all the same.
Bringing the status of this bird up to date on Breydon, it is now by no means unusual to see flocks of between 40 and 50, and they seem to find plenty of food in the form of cockles, mussels and smaller shellfish.
Scallops, and file clams can swim to escape a predator, clapping their valves together to create a jet of water. Cockles can use their foot to leap from danger. However these methods can quickly exhaust the animal.
bred easily in captivity, little was done by owners to increase the population of tamed birds. Finally, they were killed in large numbers because farmers considered them a pest, although many
farmers valued them for controlling invasive cockleburs.
 See also: Mussel, Shell, Oyster, Bivalve, Octopus
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