Not EvaluatedGreat Scallop
Pecten maximus
Bivalves · Carditida · Carditidae
Cardites antiquatus
It has not yet been assessed against the IUCN criteria.
A bivalve of the Mediterranean and the nearby Atlantic, with a solid, thick shell marked by some 20 knobbed radial ribs. It lives half-buried or wedged among stones and algae on shallow bottoms, where it filters suspended particles. Its shells are very common on Mediterranean beaches.
Diet
Omnivore
Combines animal and plant food depending on availability.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: Linneo (1758) · MolluscaBase · revisiones de biología de Carditidae
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 20 of 96.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Old Cardita — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about old cardita.
The pins mark the parks and dive sites where its presence is documented.
