Corculum

Corculum
Corculum cardissa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference WoRMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.

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