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title: "Nuttall's Cockle"
description: "Clinocardium nuttallii — Outros animais. Clinocardium is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/nuttall-s-cockle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Nuttall's Cockle

> Clinocardium nuttallii — Outros animais. Clinocardium  is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.

- Scientific name: *Clinocardium nuttallii*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 7270
- Wikidata: [Q3794624](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3794624)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69925](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69925)

## Names

- en: Nuttall's Cockle

## Countries with the most observations

US (3915), CA (2800), RU (8)

## Summary

Clinocardium  is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. This genera mainly contains extinct members, only being represented by the single living species Clinocardium nuttallii, also known as the basket cockle, heart cockle, or Nuttall's cockle, a large edible saltwater clam. This species was originally described in the genus Cardium, with the species name being after zoologist, Thomas Nuttall, in 1837, with the type locality being from the Columbia River estuary in Oregon. Cardium was eventually split into multiple genera, where C. nuttallii was moved to its current genera Clinocardium…

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

## Photo

![Nuttall's Cockle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/nuttall-s-cockle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/380514007

## Machine access

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