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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Laevicardium |
| Species: | L. mortoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1830)
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Laevicardium mortoni, or Morton's egg cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae.
Distribution
[edit]Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to Brazil.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe. "Laevicardium mortoni". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- ^ 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.
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