Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida > Superfamily Cardioidea > Family Cardiidae > Subfamily Lymnocardiinae > Tribe Cerastodermatini > Genus Cerastoderma

Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerastoderma*	Poli, 1795	accepted genus name
*Cardium (Cerastoderma)*	Poli, 1795	synonym

Species group names

*Cardium edule var. maculata*	Dautzenberg, 1890	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule var. mercatoria*	Coen, 1915	synonym
*Cardium belgicum*	De Malzine, 1867	synonym
*Cardium crenulatum*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Cardium edule*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Cardium edule var. batesoni*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium edule var. loppensi*	Mars, 1951	synonym
*Cardium edule var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium edule var. regularis*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Cardium obtritum*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Cardium vulgare*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Cerastoderma nunninkae*	Lucas, 1984	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: catxel; escopinya de gallet sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Danish: almindelig hjertemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: eetbare hartschelp; gewone kokkel; kokkel sources: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: common cockle; common edible cockle; common European cockle; edible cockle sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

French: coque; coque commune; rigadeau; sourdon sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Galician: berberecho sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

German: essbare Herzmuschel; gemeine Herzmuschel sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: saueskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: saueskjel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: berberecho

Literature

basis of record	Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
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.
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
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138998