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Cerastoderma edule

species of edible saltwater clam
Taxon taxon Q21124
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Cerastoderma edule

Summary

Cerastoderma edule is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month, #1,556 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cerastoderma edule's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cerastoderma edule is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Cerastoderma edule is classified within Cerastoderma[5].
  • Cerastoderma edule's scientific name is Cerastoderma edule[6].
  • Cerastoderma edule's Commons category is recorded as Cerastoderma edule[7].
  • Cerastoderma edule's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cerastoderma edule[8].
  • Cerastoderma edule's Commons gallery is recorded as Cerastoderma edule[9].
  • Cerastoderma edule's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. edule'}[10].
  • Cerastoderma edule is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common cockle'}[11].
  • Cerastoderma edule is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Kokkel'}[12].
  • Cerastoderma edule is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'saueskjell'}[13].
  • Cerastoderma edule is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'berberechu'}[14].
  • Cerastoderma edule is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Essbare Herzmuschel'}[15].
  • Cerastoderma edule's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q110286761[16].
  • Cerastoderma edule's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[17].

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Classification

Cerastoderma edule's scientific name is Cerastoderma edule[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Cerastoderma[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common cockle'}[11], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Kokkel'}[12], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'saueskjell'}[13], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'berberechu'}[14], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Essbare Herzmuschel'}[15].

Identifiers

Cerastoderma edule's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 210230[18]. Cerastoderma edule's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55710[19]. Cerastoderma edule's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46473663[20]. Cerastoderma edule's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2286583[21]. Cerastoderma edule's ITIS TSN is recorded as 80901[22].

Why It Matters

Cerastoderma edule ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month, #1,556 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Permanent duplicated item → Q110286761
    Topic's main category → Category:Cerastoderma edule
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007537890205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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