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Heart cockle

Corculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The heart cockle (Corculum cardissa) is a species in the family Cardiidae, order Cardiida.

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Quick facts about the heart cockle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the heart cockle live?

Not recorded

Is the heart cockle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the heart cockle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderCardiida
  5. familyCardiidae
  6. genusCorculum
  7. SpeciesCorculum cardissa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Cardissa alba, Cardissa spinosa, Cardium cardissa, Cardium humanum, Cardium impressum, Cardium inversum, Cardium junoniae, Cardium monstrosum, Cardium protrusum, Cardium replicatum, Cardium roseum, Cardium spinosa, Corculum aselae, Corculum dolorosum, Corculum humanum, Corculum impressum, Corculum inflatum, Corculum kirai, Corculum levigatum, Corculum lorenzi, Corculum monstrosum, Corculum obesum, Corculum roseum, Hemicardia cardissa, Hemicardium cardissa

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • True heart cockleEnglish
  • HerzmuschelGerman
  • リュウキュウアオイJapanese
  • разбитое сердцеRussian
  • srdcovka plocháSlovak
  • หอยหัวใจThai
  • 雞心蛤Chinese
  • Echte HerzmuschelGerman
  • Flache HerzmuschelGerman

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Relatives of the heart cockle

Other species in the same genus Corculum.

CompareHeart cockle vs Corculum dionaeum

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the heart cockle?

The heart cockle (Corculum cardissa) belongs to the family Cardiidae in the order Cardiida.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Heart cockle (Corculum cardissa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/heart-cockle

MLA

“Heart cockle (Corculum cardissa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/heart-cockle.

BibTeX
@misc{heart_cockle_2026,
  title = {Heart cockle (Corculum cardissa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/heart-cockle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}