Corculum
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]
| Corculum | |
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| Corculum cardissa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Corculum Röding, 1798 |
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Species
Species in the genus Corculum include:
- Corculum aequale (Deshayes, 1855)
- Corculum aselae Bartsch, 1947
- Corculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Corculum impressum (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Corculum lorenzi M. Huber, 2013
- Corculum monstrosum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Corculum roseum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Corculum inexpectatum Crozier, 1966
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Kawaguti, S. 1950. Observations on the heart cockle, Corculum cardissa (L), and its associated zooxanthellae. Pac. Sci.4:43–49
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