Family Cardiidae
Laevicardium oviputamen
(Reeve, 1844)
Velvet egg cockle - 48 mm

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Shell thin, light, inflated, ovate. Surface smooth, sometimes polished. Umbones rounded. Palial line simple. Ventral margin finely crenulated. Color cream or light-yellow, with yellow, orange, or brownish marks. Interior cream.  Not Laevicardium serratum, which in turn was previously known as Laevicardium leavigatum, this latter being a Indo-West Pacific species.