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] 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   Dutch eetbare hartschelp  [details] Dutch gewone kokkel  [details] Dutch kokkel  [details] English common cockle  [details] French coque  [details] German essbare Herzmuschel  [details]
Environment		marine
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
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		Citation: ter Poorten, J.; Gofas, S. (2013). Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138998 on 2013-05-21