Sydney Cockle

Anadara trapezia

" Anadara trapezia" is an estuarine filter-feeding bivalve. Its calcareous, heavily ribbed shell can grow to approximately 7 to 8 cm across. Its range is along the east coast of Australia, from Queensland to Victoria. It has previously existed in Western Australia, South Australia, and the coast of New Zealand during the Middle Holocene.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassBivalvia
OrderArcida
FamilyArcidae
GenusAnadara
SpeciesA. trapezia
Photographed in
Australia