''Cerastoderma'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of marine

bivalve Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...

s in the family

Cardiidae A cockle is an edible marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae.>MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: W ...

. It includes the

common cockle The common cockle (''Cerastoderma edule'') is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. It is found in waters off Europe, from Iceland in the north, south into waters off western Africa a ...

''Cerastoderma edule.''

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the

Paleocene The Paleocene ( ), or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), ...

to the

Quaternary The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), as well as the current and most recent of the twelve periods of the ...

(age range: from 58.7 to 0.012 million years ago).Fossilworks
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Species

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Cerastoderma edule The common cockle (''Cerastoderma edule'') is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. It is found in waters off Europe, from Iceland in the north, south into waters off western Africa a ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...

) - common cockle * ''

Cerastoderma glaucum ''Cerastoderma glaucum'', the lagoon cockle, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. This species is found along the coasts of Europe and North Africa, including the Mediterranean and Blac ...

'' (Poiret, 1789) - lagoon cockle :: (= ''Cerastoderma lamarcki'' eeve, 1845 Fossil taxa:Fossil ''Cerastoderma''
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Cardium (Cerastoderma) calvertensium Cardium (from Greek καρδίᾱ kardiā, heart) may refer to: * -cardium, a combining form used in terms associated with the heart such as pericardium, epicardium and endocardium * , a genus of molluscs in the family Cardiidae ** ''Cardium edule ...

''Glenn, 1904 † * ''

Cardium (Cerastoderma) patuxentium Cardium (from Greek καρδίᾱ kardiā, heart) may refer to: * -cardium, a combining form used in terms associated with the heart such as pericardium, epicardium and endocardium * , a genus of molluscs in the family Cardiidae ** ''Cardium edule ...

'' Glenn, 1904 † * ''

Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum Cardium (from Greek καρδίᾱ kardiā, heart) may refer to: * -cardium, a combining form used in terms associated with the heart such as pericardium, epicardium and endocardium * , a genus of molluscs in the family Cardiidae ** ''Cardium edule ...

'' Dall, 1900 † * ''

Cerastoderma chipolanum ''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 ...

'' Dall, 1900 † * ''

Cerastoderma latisulcum ''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 ...

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Cerastoderma vindobonensis ''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 ...

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References

Cardiidae Bivalve genera Taxa named by Giuseppe Saverio Poli {{Cardiidae-stub