# Cerastoderma

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{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|58.7|0|[Paleocene](/source/Paleocene) - Recent}}
| image = Coques.jpg
| image_caption = [Common cockle](/source/Common_cockle)<br />''Cerastoderma edule''
| taxon = Cerastoderma
| authority = [Poli](/source/Giuseppe_Saverio_Poli), 1795
| type_species = ''[Cardium edule](/source/Cardium_edule)''
| type_species_authority = [Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)<ref name=worms/>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Cerastoderma''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of marine [bivalve](/source/bivalve)s in the family [Cardiidae](/source/Cardiidae). It includes the [common cockle](/source/common_cockle) ''Cerastoderma edule.''

==Fossil records==
This genus is known in the fossil records from the [Paleocene](/source/Paleocene) to the [Quaternary](/source/Quaternary) (age range: from 58.7 to 0.012 million years ago).<ref name=AA>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17455 Fossilworks]</ref>

==Species==
'''Extant species''':<ref name=worms>{{cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137735|title=''Cerastoderma'' Poli, 1785 |work=[World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species)|publisher=[Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee](/source/Vlaams_Instituut_voor_de_Zee)|access-date=29 Dec 2012}}</ref>
* ''[Cerastoderma edule](/source/Cerastoderma_edule)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))</small> - common cockle
* ''[Cerastoderma glaucum](/source/Cerastoderma_glaucum)'' <small>(Poiret, 1789) </small> - lagoon cockle
:: (= ''Cerastoderma lamarcki'' [Reeve, 1845]) 
'''Fossil taxa''':<ref>[http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Cerastoderma Fossil ''Cerastoderma'']</ref><ref name=AA/>
* ''[Cardium (Cerastoderma) calvertensium](/source/Cardium_(Cerastoderma)_calvertensium)''<small>Glenn, 1904</small> †
* ''[Cardium (Cerastoderma) patuxentium](/source/Cardium_(Cerastoderma)_patuxentium)''<small> Glenn, 1904</small> †
* ''[Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum](/source/Cardium_(Cerastoderma)_waltonianum)''<small> Dall, 1900 </small>†
* ''[Cerastoderma chipolanum](/source/Cerastoderma_chipolanum)''<small> Dall, 1900 </small>†
* ''[Cerastoderma latisulcum](/source/Cerastoderma_latisulcum)'' †
* ''[Cerastoderma vindobonensis](/source/Cerastoderma_vindobonensis)'' †

[[File: Bivalvia - Cerastoderma edule.JPG|thumb|240px|right|Fossil valves of ''[Cerastoderma edule](/source/Common_cockle)'' from [Pliocene](/source/Pliocene) of Italy]]

==References==
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Category:Cockles (bivalves)
Category:Bivalve genera
Category:Taxa named by Giuseppe Saverio Poli

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