Biology:Corculum
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Short description: Genus of bivalves
| Corculum | |
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| Corculum cardissa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Corculum Röding, 1798 |
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7 species (see text) | |
Corculum is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1][2] They maintain Symbiodinium dinoflagellates as symbionts.[3]
Species
Species in the genus Corculum are:[1]
- Corculum roseum Corculum impressum
- Corculum aequale (Deshayes, 1855)
- Bartsch, 1947 (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Corculum lorenzi Corculum cardissa
- M. Huber, 2013 (Gmelin, 1791)
- Corculum aselae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- (Gmelin, 1791) Corculum monstrosum
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Corculum Röding, 1798". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205687.
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ↑ Kawaguti, Siro. "Observations on the heart shell, Corculum cardissa (L.), and its associated Zooxanthellae". Pacific Science 4 (1): 43-49. http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/8989/vol4n1-43-49.pdf?sequence=1.
Wikidata ☰ Q5169863 entry
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