Americardia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 58.
Species Species within the genus Americardia include: Americardia media (Linnaeus, 1758) — Atlantic strawberry cockle
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