Cerastoderma

Cerastoderma
Cerastoderma
Common cockle
Cerastoderma edule
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Cardioidea
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Cerastoderma
Poli, 1795
Species

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Cerastoderma is a genus of marine bivalves, which includes the common cockle C. edule.

Species

Extant and fossil species include:

  • Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) - common cockle
  • Cerastoderma elegantulum (Beck, 1842) - elegant dwarf cockle
  • Cerastoderma glaucum (Poiret, 1789) - lagoon cockle
  • Cerastoderma lamarcki
  • Cerastoderma latisulcum
  • Cerastoderma pinnulatum (Conrad, 1831) - northern dwarf cockle
  • Cerastoderma shinjiense syn. Cardium shinjiense
  • Cerastoderma uyemurai syn. Cardium uyemurai
  • Cerastoderma vindobonensis

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