Corculum

Genus of bivalves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Corculum is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1][2] They maintain Symbiodinium dinoflagellates as symbionts.[3]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Cardiida
Family:Cardiidae
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Corculum
Corculum cardissa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Corculum
Röding, 1798
Species

7 species (see text)

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Species

Species in the genus Corculum are:[1]

  • Corculum aequale (Deshayes, 1855)
  • Corculum aselae Bartsch, 1947
  • Corculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Corculum impressum (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Corculum lorenzi M. Huber, 2013
  • Corculum monstrosum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Corculum roseum (Gmelin, 1791)

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