Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Cardioidea > Family Cardiidae > Subfamily Lymnocardiinae > Genus Cerastoderma

Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerastoderma*	Poli, 1795	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cardium edule*	Linnaeus, 1758	basionym
*Cardium belgicum*	De Malzine, 1867	synonym
*Cardium crenulatum*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Cardium edule*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Cardium edule var. batesoni*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium edule var. loppensi*	Mars, 1951	synonym
*Cardium edule var. maculata*	Dautzenberg, 1890	synonym
*Cardium edule var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium edule var. mareotica*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Cardium edule var. regularis*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Cardium edule var. sibenicensis*	Brusina, 1870	synonym
*Cardium mercatorium*	Coen, 1915	synonym
*Cardium obtritum*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Cardium vulgare*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Cardium vulgatum*	Tryon, 1872	synonym
*Cerastoderma nunninkae*	Lucas, 1984	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): saueskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Catalan: catxel; escopinya de gallet sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Danish: almindelig hjertemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: eetbare hartschelp; gewone kokkel; kokkel sources: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: common cockle; edible cockle sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

English-United States: Common Cockle sources: Charles Hussey

French: rigadeau; sourdon

Galician: berberecho sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

German: essbare Herzmuschel sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

Norwegian: saueskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: saueskjell sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10: 681

Norwegian Nynorsk: saueskjel sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10: 681

Nynorsk (Norwegian): saueskjel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: berberecho

Literature

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.
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
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.
additional source	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
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS)
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (187 nucleotides; 107 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

ter Poorten, J.; Gofas, S. (2014). Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138998