Corculum
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]
| Corculum | |
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| Corculum cardissa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Corculum Röding, 1798 |
| Species | |
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7 species (see text) | |
Species
Species in the genus Corculum are:[1]
- 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)
References
- Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Corculum Röding, 1798". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- 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" (PDF). Pacific Science. 4 (1): 43–49. hdl:10125/8989.
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