Corculum
Corculum | |
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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:
- Corculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 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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