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 edule (Linnaeus, 1758) - common cockle
- Cerastoderma glaucum (Poiret, 1789) - lagoon cockle
- Cardium (Cerastoderma) calvertensium Glenn, 1904 †
- Cardium (Cerastoderma) patuxentium Glenn, 1904 †
- Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum Dall, 1900 †
- Cerastoderma chipolanum Dall, 1900 †
- Cerastoderma latisulcum †
- Cerastoderma vindobonensis †
References
Fossilworks https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17455 ↩
"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 ↩
Fossil Cerastoderma http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Cerastoderma ↩
Fossilworks https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17455 ↩