Corculum

Corculum is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1] They maintain Symbiodinium dinoflagellates as symbionts.[2]

Corculum
Corculum cardissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Corculum
Röding, 1798
Species

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Species

Species in the genus Corculum include:

  • Corculum aequale (Deshayes, 1855)
  • Corculum aselae Bartsch, 1947
  • Corculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Corculum impressum (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Corculum lorenzi M. Huber, 2013
  • Corculum monstrosum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Corculum roseum (Gmelin, 1791)

References

  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. Kawaguti, S. 1950. Observations on the heart cockle, Corculum cardissa (L), and its associated zooxanthellae. Pac. Sci.4:43–49
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