Cerastoderma glaucum Olive green cockle, Lagoon cockle

Cerastoderma glaucum is commonly referred to as Olive green cockle, Lagoon cockle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5769 

AphiaID:

138999 

Scientific:

Cerastoderma glaucum 

German:

Brackwasser-Herzmuschel, Lagunen-Herzmuschel 

English:

Olive Green Cockle, Lagoon Cockle 

Category:

Muslinger 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Cardiida (Order) > Cardiidae (Family) > Cerastoderma (Genus) > glaucum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bruguière, 1789) 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Israel, Morocco, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

0 - 200 Meter 

Size:

0.98" - 1.97" (2.5cm - 5cm) 

Temperature:

53.6 °F - 82.4 °F (12°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Cerastoderma edule
  Gewöhnliche Herzmuschel, Essbare Herzmuschel
• 
  Cerastoderma glaucum
  Brackwasser-Herzmuschel, Lagunen-Herzmuschel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-07-19 23:23:38 

Last edit:

2020-07-19 15:59:28 

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