Cerastoderma
Cerastoderma is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Cardiidae. It includes the common cockle Cerastoderma edule.
| Cerastoderma Temporal range:  | |
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| Common cockle Cerastoderma edule | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Bivalvia | 
| Order: | Cardiida | 
| Family: | Cardiidae | 
| Genus: | Cerastoderma Poli, 1795 | 
| Type species | |
| Cardium edule | |
| 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])
 
- 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
    
- "Cerastoderma Poli, 1785". World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved 29 Dec 2012.
- Fossilworks
- Fossil Cerastoderma
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