---
title: "Giant Atlantic Cockle"
description: "Dinocardium robustum — Outros animais. Dinocardium is a genus of large saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/giant-atlantic-cockle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Atlantic Cockle

> Dinocardium robustum — Outros animais. Dinocardium is a genus of large saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.

- Scientific name: *Dinocardium robustum*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5617
- Wikidata: [Q3013052](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3013052)
- iNaturalist taxon: [83354](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/83354)

## Names

- en: Giant Atlantic Cockle
- es: La almeja berbecho

## Countries with the most observations

US (4966), MX (199), DO (5), KY (3)

## Summary

Dinocardium is a genus of large saltwater clams or cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. There is only one species in the genus, Dinocardium robustum, or the Atlantic giant cockle.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinocardium

## Photo

![Giant Atlantic Cockle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-atlantic-cockle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel Estabrooks · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70159667

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-atlantic-cockle?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).