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 in the family Cardiidae. It includes the common cockle Cerastoderma edule.

Species

Extant species:^[1]

• Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) - common cockle
• Cerastoderma elegantulum (Beck, 1842) - elegant dwarf cockle
• Cerastoderma glaucum (Poiret, 1789) - lagoon cockle

(= Cerastoderma lamarcki [Reeve, 1845])

Fossil taxa:^[2]

• Cerastoderma latisulcum
• Cerastoderma vindobonensis

References