Spiny Cockle 6 – Holding a living Spiny Cockle in which the two valves of the shell are gaping to reveal the translucent white fleshy mantle and the red muscular foot within. The shell of Acanthocardia aculeata L. is much larger than the Common Edible Cockle and is often tinted reddish brown. Rhossili Bay, Gower, South Wales. P1100588aBlog6
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