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

External links

• Fossil Cerastoderma
• "Cerastoderma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=80899.