Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 138998

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Veneroida > Cardioidea > Cardiidae > Lymnocardiinae > Cerastoderma

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Cerastoderma Poli, 1795
Sources		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at http://www.conchology.be/en/shelltopics/visaya-net/date.php?year=2005 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Catalan catxel  [details] Catalan escopinya de gallet  [details] Danish almindelig hjertemusling  [details] Dutch eetbare hartschelp  [details] Dutch gewone kokkel  [details] Dutch kokkel  [details] English common cockle  [details] English edible cockle  [details] French coque  [details] French rigadeau  [details] French sourdon  [details] Galician berberecho  [details] German essbare Herzmuschel  [details] Norwegian Bokmål saueskjell  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk saueskjel  [details] Spanish berberecho  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Banc d'Arguin [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] De Haan [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Morocco [details] North Coast of Norway [details] North Sea [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Oosterschelde [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wadden Sea [details] West Africa [details] Western Saharan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Westerschelde [details] Westkust [details] Wimereux [details] Zeebrugge [details]
Feedingtypes		suspension feeder [details]
Host of		Herrmannella rostrata Canu, 1891 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Mytilicola intestinalis Steuer, 1902 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		BIOTIC Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To GenBank (187 nucleotides; 107 proteins) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS
Images		Picture of Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) added on 2004-06-17 - author: Decleer, M. qualitystatus: checked by ter Poorten, Jan Johan on 2012-10-07 08:06:37 Cerastoderma edule added on 2007-01-18 - author: Worsfold, Tim qualitystatus: checked by ter Poorten, Jan Johan on 2012-10-08 20:49:06 Kokkel added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel qualitystatus: not checked Kokkel added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel qualitystatus: checked by ter Poorten, Jan Johan on 2012-10-08 20:50:09 Cerastoderma edule added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked Cerastoderma edule added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138998
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge 2006-03-15 08:45:41Z   changed   Mint Jiddou, Azza 2008-07-06 14:51:01Z   checked   Gofas, Serge 2009-01-29 11:35:24Z   changed   ter Poorten, Jan Johan
		[Taxonomic tree] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]
		Citation: ter Poorten, J.; Gofas, S. (2013). Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138998 on 2013-06-18
		The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License