March is seashells month for #InsertAnInvert2024, starting with infauna or animals which live inside the sediment, burrowing into it.
Corculum cardissa, the heart cockle, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae found in the Indo-Pacific. If viewed from the side, it looks like a heart. There is a lot of colour variation in shells, but they often have patterns in coral pink like this. 🧵1/