- Cerastoderma
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Cerastoderma Common cockle
Cerastoderma eduleScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Subclass: Heterodonta Order: Veneroida Superfamily: Cardioidea Family: Cardiidae Genus: Cerastoderma
Poli, 1795Species See text
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
External links
- Fossil Cerastoderma
- "Cerastoderma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=80899.
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