Cerastoderma (original) (raw)
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Genus of bivalves
| _Cerastoderma_Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Common cockleCerastoderma edule | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | CerastodermaPoli, 1795 |
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| Cardium eduleLinnaeus, 1758[1] | |
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Cerastoderma is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Cardiidae. It includes the common cockle Cerastoderma edule.
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 58.7 to 0.012 million years ago).[2]
Extant species:[1]
- Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) - common cockle
- Cerastoderma glaucum (Poiret, 1789) - lagoon cockle
(= Cerastoderma lamarcki [Reeve, 1845])
- _Cardium (Cerastoderma) calvertensium _Glenn, 1904 †
- Cardium (Cerastoderma) patuxentium Glenn, 1904 †
- Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum Dall, 1900 †
- Cerastoderma chipolanum Dall, 1900 †
- Cerastoderma latisulcum †
- Cerastoderma vindobonensis †
Fossil valves of Cerastoderma edule from Pliocene of Italy
- ^ a b "Cerastoderma Poli, 1785". World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved 29 Dec 2012.
- ^ a b Fossilworks
- ^ Fossil Cerastoderma