Common cockle  (Cerastoderma edule)

Common cockle spat

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Common cockle

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Common cockle

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Common cockle partly buried in sand with siphons extended

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Common cockle with foot visible

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Common cockle, close up

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Common cockle

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Common cockles

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Common cockle shells

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Common cockle predated by starfish

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Common cockles on tidal flat

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Bucket of freshly collected common cockles

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