Strawberry Cockle (species: Fragum unedo) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Fragum unedo
Strawberry Cockle


©Anne Hoggett: Fragum unedo about 50 mm long on an intertidal sand flat at Lizard Island, normally buried just below the sand surface.

©Anne Hoggett: Fragum unedo about 50 mm long, same specimen as above, Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Veneroida
Family Cardiidae
Genus Fragum
Species Fragum unedo

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©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Bott, N.J., J.M. Healy and T.H. Cribb (2005). Patterns of digenean parasitism of bivalves from the Great Barrier Reef and associated waters, Marine and Freshwater Research, 56: 387-394. LIRS catalog number 922.
  • Goggin, C.L. and R.J.G. Lester (1987). Occurrence of Perkinsus species (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) in bivalves from the Great Barrier Reef, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 3: 113-117. LIRS catalog number 237.
  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.
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