Cerastoderma

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

Cerastoderma Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Common cockle Cerastoderma edule
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Cerastoderma Poli, 1795
Type species
Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758[1]
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).^[2]

Species

Extant species:^[1]

• Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) - common cockle
• Cerastoderma glaucum (Poiret, 1789) - lagoon cockle

(= Cerastoderma lamarcki [Reeve, 1845])

Fossil taxa:^[3][2]

• 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