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Cerastoderma Edule (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) AphiaID: 138998 BERBIGÃO Animalia (Reino) > Mollusca (Filo) > Bivalvia (Classe) > Autobranchia (Subclasse) > Heteroconchia (Infraclasse) > Imparidentia (Superordem) > Cardiida (Ordem) > Cardioidea (Superfamilia) > Cardiidae (Familia) © Vasco Ferreira © Vasco Ferreira Natural History Museum Rotterdam Facilmente confundível com: Cerastoderma glaucum Berbigão 1 Estatuto de Conservação Sinónimos Cardium belgicum De Malzine, 1867 Cardium crenulatum Lamarck, 1819 Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758 Cardium edule burchanae Girscher, 1938 Cardium edule var. batesoni Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 Cardium edule var. loppensi Mars, 1951 Cardium edule var. maculata Dautzenberg, 1890 Cardium edule var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 Cardium edule var. mareotica Pallary, 1912 Cardium edule var. regularis Pallary, 1900 Cardium edule var. sibenicensis Brusina, 1870 Cardium mercatorium Coen, 1915 Cardium nunninkae Lucas, 1984 Cardium obtritum Locard, 1886 Cardium quadrarium Reeve, 1845 Cardium vulgare da Costa, 1778 Cardium vulgatum Tryon, 1872 Cerastoderma edule var. sinicola Lacourt, 1974 Cerastoderma nunninkae Lucas, 1984 Referências basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. [details] additional source Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index – Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at http://www.conchology.be/en/shelltopics/visaya-net/date.php?year=2005 [details] 2 ecology source Coscia, I., P.E. Robins, J.S. Porter, S.K. Malham & J.E. Ironside. (2013). Modelled larval dispersal and measured gene flow: seascape genetics of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule in the southern Irish Sea. Conservation Genetics 14 (2):451-466. SI, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-012-0404-4 [details] context source (HKRMS) Tong, L. K. Y. (1986). The feeding ecology of Thais clavigera and Morula musiva (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Hong Kong. In Asian Marine Biology 3 (ed. Morton, B.), PP163-178. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details] context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp.[details] ecology source Coscia, I., P.E. Robins, J.S. Porter, S.K. Malham & J.E. Ironside. (2013). Modelled larval dispersal and measured gene flow: seascape genetics of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule in the southern Irish Sea. Conservation Genetics 14 (2):451-466. SI, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-012-0404-4 [details] identification resource Cosel R. von & Gofas S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Faune et Flore Tropicales. 48: 1-1104. [details] ecology source Coscia, I., P.E. Robins, J.S. Porter, S.K. Malham & J.E. Ironside. (2013). Modelled larval dispersal and measured gene flow: seascape genetics of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule in the southern Irish Sea. Conservation Genetics 14 (2):451-466. SI, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-012-0404-4 [details] identification resource Cosel R. von & Gofas S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Faune et Flore Tropicales. 48: 1-1104. [details] ecology source Coscia, I., P.E. Robins, J.S. Porter, S.K. Malham & J.E. Ironside. (2013). Modelled larval dispersal and measured gene flow: seascape genetics of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule in the southern Irish Sea. Conservation Genetics 14 (2):451-466. SI, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-012-0404-4 [details] identification resource Cosel R. von & Gofas S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Faune et Flore Tropicales. 48: 1-1104. [details] context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details] Última atualização: 31 Jan. 2021 3.
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