| Tucetona laticostata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Family: | Glycymerididae |
| Genus: | Tucetona |
| Species: | T. laticostata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tucetona laticostata | |
| Synonyms | |
Tucetona laticostata, or the large dog cockle, is a salt water clam or marine bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae.[1]
Despite the common name, it is not closely related to the common cockle. The word dog cockle implies that it roughly resembles a real cockle, but is not considered very good to eat, in other words, "only fit for dogs". Māori names include kuakua[2] and kuhakuha.[3]
- ^ Powell, A.W.B (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Marine, land and freshwater shells. Auckland: William Collins Publishers Ltd. pp. xiv + 500. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
- ^ "Cockle, Dog". marinelife.ac.nz (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "Tucetona - te Aka Māori Dictionary".