Cerastoderma

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 58.7 to 0.012 million years ago). ==Species==

Extant species: • Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) - common cockle • Cerastoderma glaucum (Poiret, 1789) - lagoon cockle :: (= Cerastoderma lamarcki [Reeve, 1845]) Fossil taxa: • Cardium (Cerastoderma) calvertensiumGlenn, 1904 † • Cardium (Cerastoderma) patuxentium Glenn, 1904 † • Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum Dall, 1900 † • Cerastoderma chipolanum Dall, 1900 † • Cerastoderma latisulcum † • Cerastoderma vindobonensis † '' from Pliocene of Italy ==References==