Corculum
Encyclopedia
Corculum is a genus
of small saltwater clams
, marine
bivalve molluscs in the family
Cardiidae, the cockles. They maintain Symbiodinium dinoflagellate
s as symbionts.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small saltwater clams
CLaMS
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, marine
Marine (ocean)
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bivalve molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Cardiidae, the cockles. They maintain Symbiodinium dinoflagellate
Dinoflagellate
The dinoflagellates are a large group of flagellate protists. Most are marine plankton, but they are common in fresh water habitats as well. Their populations are distributed depending on temperature, salinity, or depth...
s as symbionts.
Species
Species in the genus Corculum include:- Corculum cardissaCorculum cardissaCorculum cardissa or the heart cockle is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region. It has a symbiotic relationship with dinoflagellates , which live within its tissues....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Corculum inexpectatumCorculum inexpectatumCorculum inexpectatum is a minute species of deepwater cockle, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
Crozier, 1966