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3 References  













Cerastoderma






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Cerastoderma
Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent

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Common cockle
Cerastoderma edule
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

Fossil records

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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

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Extant species:[1]

(= Cerastoderma lamarcki [Reeve, 1845])

Fossil taxa:[3][2]

Fossil valves of Cerastoderma edule from Pliocene of Italy

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cerastoderma Poli, 1785". World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved 29 Dec 2012.
  • ^ a b Fossilworks
  • ^ Fossil Cerastoderma


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