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Painted cockle

Hemidonax pictus (Tryon, 1870)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The painted cockle (Hemidonax pictus) is a species in the family Hemidonacidae, order Venerida.

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Quick facts about the painted cockle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the painted cockle live?

Not recorded

Is the painted 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 painted cockle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderVenerida
  5. familyHemidonacidae
  6. genusHemidonax
  7. SpeciesHemidonax pictus (Tryon, 1870)

Synonyms Donax pictus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the painted cockle

Other species in the same genus Hemidonax.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the painted cockle?

The painted cockle (Hemidonax pictus) belongs to the family Hemidonacidae in the order Venerida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Painted cockle (Hemidonax pictus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/painted-cockle

MLA

“Painted cockle (Hemidonax pictus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/painted-cockle.

BibTeX
@misc{painted_cockle_2026,
  title = {Painted cockle (Hemidonax pictus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/painted-cockle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}