Cerastoderma Explained

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

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

(= 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 †

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=17455 Fossilworks
2. Web site: Cerastoderma Poli, 1785 . World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. 29 Dec 2012.
3. http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Cerastoderma Fossil Cerastoderma