Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
92.29.026 A—C
Accession#:
92.29
Credit Line:
Donated by Caroline Jensen.
Object Name:
Shell
Title:
Basket Cockle (Clinocardium Nuttallii)
Description:
Heavy shells with coarse, radial ribs and dark concentric growth rings. Exteriors are grayish brown.
A — open attached pair, interior is dull white.
B—C — are detached matching halves, interiors are mauve to orange and white banded and shiny.
A—B — 3.5 inches by 3.25 inches by 1.0 inch
C — 6.25 inches by 4.0 inches by 3.0 inches
A — open attached pair, interior is dull white.
B—C — are detached matching halves, interiors are mauve to orange and white banded and shiny.
A—B — 3.5 inches by 3.25 inches by 1.0 inch
C — 6.25 inches by 4.0 inches by 3.0 inches
Notes:
Official common name "Nuttall cockle".
Donor's label reads: "BASKET COCKLE— Clinocardium nuttalii (Conrad) Found in sand flats and sometimes found entirely exposed. Burrow shallowly and have no siphon tubes. Make excellent food. Grows 4" long . From Pearl Harbor."
See 92.29.001
Donor's label reads: "BASKET COCKLE— Clinocardium nuttalii (Conrad) Found in sand flats and sometimes found entirely exposed. Burrow shallowly and have no siphon tubes. Make excellent food. Grows 4" long . From Pearl Harbor."
See 92.29.001
Search Terms:
Biological
Sea Animal
Sea Animal
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