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Cerastoderma
Genus of bivalves

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

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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).1

Species

Extant species:2

(= Cerastoderma lamarcki [Reeve, 1845])

Fossil taxa:34

  • Cardium (Cerastoderma) calvertensium Glenn, 1904 †
  • Cardium (Cerastoderma) patuxentium Glenn, 1904 †
  • Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum Dall, 1900 †
  • Cerastoderma chipolanum Dall, 1900 †
  • Cerastoderma latisulcum
  • Cerastoderma vindobonensis

References

  1. Fossilworks https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17455

  2. "Cerastoderma Poli, 1785". World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved 29 Dec 2012. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137735

  3. Fossil Cerastoderma http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Cerastoderma

  4. Fossilworks https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17455