Corculum

Corculum
Corculum cardissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Cardioidea
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Corculum
Röding, 1798
Species

See text.

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

Species

Species in the genus Corculum include:

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References

  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. Kawaguti, S. 1950. Observations on the heart cockle, Corculum cardissa (L), and its associated zooxanthellae. Pac. Sci.4:43–49


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