Lagoon 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

Not recorded

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumMollusca
3. classBivalvia
4. orderCardiida
5. familyCardiidae
6. genusCerastoderma
7. SpeciesCerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789)

Synonyms Cardium agheilensis, Cardium belticum, Cardium bengasiensis, Cardium bengasiensis antiqua, Cardium bengasiensis berkaensis, Cardium bengasiensis hatzi, Cardium clodiense, Cardium coefiensis, Cardium coefiensis cyrenaica, Cardium coefiensis heilmeieri, Cardium edule, Cardium edule mareotica, Cardium edule picolina, Cardium edule rectidens, Cardium edule var. altior, Cardium edule var. intermedia, Cardium edule var. libenicense, Cardium edule var. maeotica, Cardium edule var. magna, Cardium edule var. mareotica, Cardium edule var. nuciformis, Cardium edule var. paludosa, Cardium edule var. picta, Cardium edule var. quadrata, Cardium edule var. umbonatum, Cardium eichwaldi, Cardium eichwaldii, Cardium elongatum, Cardium fragile, Cardium glaucum, Cardium glaucum marsi, Cardium glaucum var. coeni, Cardium glaucum var. crassa, Cardium glaucum var. rectidens, Cardium glaucum var. syrthica, Cardium isthmicum, Cardium lamarcki, Cardium lamarckii, Cardium lamarckii var. glaucacrassa, Cardium lamarckii var. syrthica, Cardium mareoticum, Cardium ornatum, Cardium ovale, Cardium radula, Cardium rectidens, Cardium rhomboides, Cardium tenue, Cardium umbonatum, Cardium zonatum, Cerastoderma edule var. contortula, Cerastoderma glaucum, Cerastoderma glaucum marsi, Cerastoderma isthmicus, Cerastoderma lamarcki, Cerastoderma rhomboides, Parvicardium ovale

Catalogue of Life

Common cockle

Cerastoderma edule

Cardiidae

C

Cerastoderma anadariformicum

CardiidaeNo free photo yet

C

Cerastoderma angustatum

CardiidaeNo free photo yet

C

Cerastoderma arcellum

CardiidaeNo free photo yet

C

Cerastoderma azerbajdjanicum

CardiidaeNo free photo yet

C

Cerastoderma chersonense

CardiidaeNo free photo yet

CompareLagoon cockle vs Common cockleLagoon cockle vs Cerastoderma anadariformicumLagoon cockle vs Cerastoderma angustatumLagoon cockle vs Cerastoderma arcellum

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@misc{lagoon_cockle_2026,
  title = {Lagoon cockle (Cerastoderma glaucum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lagoon-cockle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}