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Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)

Shells of common cockle

AphiaID

138998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138998)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cerastoderma Poli, 1795

Original name

Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule var. mercatoria Coen, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium belgicum De Malzine, 1867 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium crenulatum Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cardium edule burchanae Girscher, 1938 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule var. batesoni Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule var. fulva Dautzenberg, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule var. loppensi Mars, 1951 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule var. maculata Dautzenberg, 1890 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: junior homonym of...)

Invalid: junior homonym of Cardium maculatum Gmelin, 1791

Cardium edule var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium edule var. regularis Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium obtritum Locard, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium quadrarium Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cardium radula Deshayes, 1835 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Cardium radula Broderip & G....)

non Cardium radula Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829

Cardium vulgare da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cerastoderma edule var. sinicola Lacourt, 1974 · unaccepted > unavailable name (infrasubspecific)

Cerastoderma nunninkae Lucas, 1984 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Variety Cerastoderma edule var. sinicola Lacourt, 1974 accepted as Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > unavailable name, infrasubspecific)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Note ‘in O. Europaeo’, Linnean Society of...

Type locality ‘in O. Europaeo’ [details]

Type material Linnean Society of London A-F 0020194, three syntypes [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138998 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

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

2014-10-29 18:53:09Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cardium vulgare da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 180-181; pl. 11 fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Cardium crenulatum Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 13 [details]

original description (of Cardium quadrarium Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Cardium. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-22 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-4 [3 undated], October 1844, pl. 5-8, November 1844; pl. 9-12, December 1844; pl. 13-16, January, 1845; pl. 17-22, March 1845]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937393
page(s): sp. 129, pl. 22 fig. 129 [details]

original description (of Cardium belgicum De Malzine, 1867) Malzine, F. de. (1867). Essai sur la faune malacologique de Belgique ou catalogue des mollusques qui se trouvent dans ce pays. Bruxelles, 1-98, pls 1-3.
page(s): 26, pl. 1 figs 5-6 [details]

original description (of Cardium obtritum Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 451, 598 [details]

original description (of Cerastoderma nunninkae Lucas, 1984) Lucas, M. (1984). A new Cardiidae of the European Atlantic Coast: Cerastoderma nunninkae (sp. n.). La Conchiglia. 182-183: 24-26. Addendum (184-185): 24.
page(s): 24-26, text-figs [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cardium edule burchanae Girscher, 1938 †) Girscher, W. (1938). Die am Strand der Nordsee-Insel Juist angespülten fossilen und rezenten Cardiidae, Veneridae und Mactridae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 70 (1): 60-72.
page(s): 61, figs 6-7 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. batesoni Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 293, pl. 46 figs 7-8 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. loppensi Mars, 1951) Mars, P. (1951). Essai d'interprétation des formes généralement groupées sous le nom de Cardium edule Linné. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille. 11: 1-31.
page(s): 10 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 292, pl. 46 fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Cerastoderma edule var. sinicola Lacourt, 1974) Lacourt, A. W. (1974). Quelques mollusques marins de la région d'Arcachon, France. Basteria. 38(5/6): 129-147., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/596627/BAST1974038005010.pdf
page(s): 139-143, figs 12-14 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. regularis Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 394, fig. 14 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. maculata Dautzenberg, 1890) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1890). Catalogue des mollusques marins recueillis dans la baie du Pouliguen. La Feuille des jeunes naturalistes. 21 (242): 24-28.
page(s): 27 [details]

original description (of Cardium radula Deshayes, 1835) Deshayes, G. P. (1835). Mollusques. pp. 81-203, iii, pls. 18-28, 1 text fig. In: J.-B.-G.-M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques. Tome III (1.re Partie). Zoologie. Paris, F.G. Levrault. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5_OZq_dzQDgC
page(s): 106-107, pl. 18 figs 15-17 [details]

original description (of Cardium edule var. fulva Dautzenberg, 1890) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1890). Catalogue des mollusques marins recueillis dans la baie du Pouliguen. La Feuille des jeunes naturalistes. 21 (242): 24-28.
page(s): 27 [details]

original description (of Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule var. mercatoria Coen, 1915) Coen G. (1915). Nota sui Cardium della sezione Cerastoderma.. Atti dell'Accademia Veneto-Trentino-Istriana 8: 54-62, pl. 1-4
page(s): 55 [details]

context source (HKRMS) Tong, L. K. Y. (1986). The feeding ecology of Thais clavigera and Morula musiva (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Hong Kong. In Asian Marine Biology 3 (ed. Morton, B.), PP163-178. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 134-137 [details]

ecology source Coscia, I., P.E. Robins, J.S. Porter, S.K. Malham & J.E. Ironside. (2013). Modelled larval dispersal and measured gene flow: seascape genetics of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule in the southern Irish Sea. Conservation Genetics 14 (2):451-466. SI, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-012-0404-4 [details]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 540-541 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality ‘in O. Europaeo’ [details]

Type material Linnean Society of London A-F 0020194, three syntypes [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Catalan	escopinya de galletcatxel	[details]
Danish	almindelig hjertemusling	[details]
Dutch	kokkelgewone kokkeleetbare hartschelp	[details]
English	edible cocklecommon European cocklecommon edible cocklecommon cockle	[details]
French	sourdonrigadeaucoque communecoque	[details]
Galician	berberecho	[details]
German	gemeine Herzmuschelessbare Herzmuschel	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	saueskjell	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	saueskjel	[details]
Spanish	berberecho	[details]