Common name of Acanthocardia paucicostata
 
Common Name Poorly ribbed cockle
Language English
Type FAO
Official Trade Name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Global
Locality
Ref. FAO-FIES, 2022
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex
Core primary lexeme
1st Modifier morphology
2nd Modifier morphology
Remarks 'poorly' from 'poor', i.e., 'deficient'; 'ribbed' from 'rib', from Old English 'ribb', i.e., 'covering (of the chest cavity)'; 'cockle', from Old French 'coquille', i.e., 'shell'. Also Ref. 77129, 87040, 90062, 93840, 95632, 115257, 122997.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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