Corculum

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Corculum
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Corculum cardissa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Corculum
Röding, 1798
Species

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  3. Kawaguti, Siro (January 1950). "Observations on the heart shell, Corculum cardissa (L.), and its associated Zooxanthellae" (PDF). Pacific Science. 4 (1): 43–49. hdl:10125/8989.