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 glaucum (Bruguière, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cardium Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Cardium (Cerastoderma) lamarckii*	Reeve, 1845	synonym
*Cardium (Cerastoderma) lamarckii var. syrthica*	Coen, 1915	synonym
*Cardium (Cerastoderma) rectidens*	Coen, 1915	synonym
*Cardium belticum*	Reeve, 1845	synonym
*Cardium clodiense*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Cardium edule var. altior*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium edule var. libenicense*	Brusina, 1870	synonym
*Cardium edule var. mareotica*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Cardium edule var. nuciformis*	Milaschewitsch, 1916	synonym
*Cardium edule var. paludosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium edule var. quadrata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym
*Cardium edule var. umbonatum*	S. V. Wood, 1853	synonym
*Cardium eichwaldi*	Reeve, 1845	synonym
*Cardium elongatum*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Cardium fragile*	Reeve, 1845	synonym
*Cardium glaucum*	Poiret, 1789	synonym
*Cardium glaucum marsi*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Cardium glaucum var. crassa*	Coen, 1915	synonym
*Cardium glaucum var. rectidens*	Coen, 1915	synonym
*Cardium glaucum var. syrthica*	Coen, 1915	synonym
*Cardium isthmicum*	Issel, 1869	synonym
*Cardium lamarcki*	Reeve, 1845	synonym
*Cardium lamarckii*	Reeve, 1845	synonym
*Cardium ovale*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1840	synonym
*Cardium umbonatum*	S. V. Wood, 1853	synonym
*Cerastoderma glaucum*	(Poiret, 1789)	synonym
*Cerastoderma glaucum marsi*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Cerastoderma lamarcki*	(Reeve, 1845)	synonym
*Parvicardium ovale*	(G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: brakwaterkokkel sources: 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.

English: brackish cockle; lagoon cockle; olive green cockle sources: 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.;MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.;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.

French: coque; coque glauque 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.

German: Brackwasser-Herzmuschel; Lagunen-Herzmuschel

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.
additional source	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.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
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

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789). 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:138999