Biology:Cerastoderma

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Short description: Genus of bivalves

Cerastoderma
Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent
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Common cockle
Cerastoderma edule
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Cerastoderma
Poli, 1795
Type species
Cardium edule
Species

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Cerastoderma is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Cardiidae. It includes the common cockle Cerastoderma edule.

Fossil records

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]

Species

Extant species:[1]

(= Cerastoderma lamarcki [Reeve, 1845])

Fossil taxa:[3][2]

  • Cardium (Cerastoderma) calvertensiumGlenn, 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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q582560 entry