Cerastoderma

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

Cerastoderma
Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent
Common cockle
Cerastoderma edule
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Cerastoderma
Poli, 1795
Species

See text

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:[3][1]

  • Cardium (Cerastoderma) calvertensium Glenn, 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
  1. Fossilworks
  2. "Cerastoderma Poli, 1785". World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved 29 Dec 2012.
  3. Fossil Cerastoderma
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