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Large dog cockle

Tucetona laticostata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The large dog cockle (Tucetona laticostata) is a species in the family Glycymerididae, order Arcida.

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Quick facts about the large dog cockle

Weight
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Main food
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
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Countries on record
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Where does the large dog cockle live?

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Is the large dog cockle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the large dog cockle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderArcida
  5. familyGlycymerididae
  6. genusTucetona
  7. SpeciesTucetona laticostata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Synonyms Glycymeris magnificens, Pectunculus laticostatus, Pectunculus ovatus, Pectunculus roseus, Petunculus laticostatus, Petunculus ovatus

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • kuhakuhaMāori

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the large dog cockle

Other species in the same genus Tucetona.

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What kind of animal is the large dog cockle?

The large dog cockle (Tucetona laticostata) belongs to the family Glycymerididae in the order Arcida.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Large dog cockle (Tucetona laticostata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-dog-cockle

MLA

“Large dog cockle (Tucetona laticostata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-dog-cockle.

BibTeX
@misc{large_dog_cockle_2026,
  title = {Large dog cockle (Tucetona laticostata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-dog-cockle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}