Common cockle

Common cockle

Taxobox
name = "Common cockle"



image_width = 190px

regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
subclassis = Heterodonta
ordo = Veneroida
superfamilia = Cardioidea
familia = Cardiidae
genus = "Cerastoderma"
species = "C. edule"
binomial = "Cerastoderma edule"
binomial_authority = L. 1758
synonyms =

The common cockle, "Cerastoderma edule", is a species of marine bivalve. It is found in coastal areas of the Atlantic Ocean.

This species is eaten in several countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Germany.

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