Cardiidae

A cockle is a marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae.

Cardiidae

Féron Benjamin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
cocklePBDB
Sits inside
CardioideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
infaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 430 million years on record.

The record covers at least 430.6 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 432.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Silurian — about 2 of 7774 occurrencesDevonian — about 0 of 7774 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 7 of 7774 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 7774 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 0 of 7774 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 2 of 7774 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 214 of 7774 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 266 of 7774 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 348 of 7774 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 362 of 7774 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 285 of 7774 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1322 of 7774 occurrencesPaleocene — about 215 of 7774 occurrencesEocene — about 798 of 7774 occurrencesOligocene — about 496 of 7774 occurrencesMiocene — about 1860 of 7774 occurrencesPliocene — about 560 of 7774 occurrencesPleistocene — about 943 of 7774 occurrences442–427 Mya — about 2 occurrences427–412 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences368–353 Mya — about 2 occurrences353–339 Mya — about 1 occurrence339–324 Mya — about 4 occurrences324–309 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences250–235 Mya — about 16 occurrences235–221 Mya — about 68 occurrences221–206 Mya — about 33 occurrences206–191 Mya — about 162 occurrences191–177 Mya — about 199 occurrences177–162 Mya — about 332 occurrences162–147 Mya — about 316 occurrences147–132 Mya — about 111 occurrences132–118 Mya — about 78 occurrences118–103 Mya — about 129 occurrences103–88 Mya — about 223 occurrences88–74 Mya — about 254 occurrences74–59 Mya — about 1012 occurrences59–44 Mya — about 390 occurrences44–29 Mya — about 717 occurrences29–15 Mya — about 946 occurrences15–0 Mya — about 2777 occurrences430.6 Mya11.7 ka442 Mya0 Mya

7,774 occurrences of Cardiidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

7,774 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

1019 formations

Gatun — 9.35°N, 79.83°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.04°N, 80.65°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.85°WGatun — 9.30°N, 79.92°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WGatun — 9.28°N, 79.97°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WCercado — 19.47°N, 71.08°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.20°WCercado — 19.57°N, 71.25°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.27°WCercado — 19.35°N, 70.70°WCercado — 19.30°N, 71.67°WCercado — 19.58°N, 71.04°WCercado — 18.93°N, 71.62°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.90°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.91°N, 88.51°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.67°N, 88.29°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.63°N, 88.22°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.31°N, 87.80°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.03°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.99°N, 85.92°WTataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°EGurabo — 19.48°N, 71.09°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.20°WGurabo — 19.48°N, 70.92°WGurabo — 19.48°N, 70.98°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 71.67°WGurabo — 19.58°N, 71.05°WGurabo — 19.45°N, 70.70°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 70.50°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.33°WGurabo — 19.35°N, 70.72°WGurabo — 18.93°N, 71.62°WGurabo — 19.37°N, 70.76°WGurabo — 18.73°N, 71.00°WAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.55°N, 9.00°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WChipola — 30.72°N, 86.04°WChipola — 30.57°N, 85.84°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.43°N, 84.98°WChipola — 30.06°N, 84.49°WChipola — 30.33°N, 82.76°WChipola — 30.92°N, 86.57°WChipola — 30.47°N, 84.99°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.63°N, 86.17°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WEscondido — 29.30°N, 98.84°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 98.89°WEscondido — 29.29°N, 98.97°WEscondido — 29.38°N, 99.00°WEscondido — 29.36°N, 99.06°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 99.16°WEscondido — 29.24°N, 99.23°WEscondido — 29.32°N, 99.27°WEscondido — 29.25°N, 99.28°WEscondido — 29.16°N, 99.47°WEscondido — 29.11°N, 99.82°WEscondido — 29.09°N, 98.87°WEscondido — 29.06°N, 100.06°WEscondido — 29.05°N, 100.14°WEscondido — 29.03°N, 100.25°WEscondido — 28.87°N, 100.16°WEscondido — 28.97°N, 100.24°WEscondido — 28.92°N, 100.26°WEscondido — 28.72°N, 100.47°WEscondido — 28.71°N, 100.71°WEscondido — 28.55°N, 100.33°WEscondido — 28.53°N, 100.32°WEscondido — 28.60°N, 100.25°WEscondido — 28.61°N, 100.14°WEscondido — 28.26°N, 100.27°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.71°N, 118.27°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.76°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.94°WKiowa — 37.32°N, 99.75°WKiowa — 37.28°N, 99.66°WKiowa — 37.22°N, 99.90°WKiowa — 37.44°N, 99.08°WKiowa — 37.40°N, 99.02°WKiowa — 37.44°N, 99.18°WKiowa — 38.28°N, 98.41°WKiowa — 38.53°N, 97.90°WKiowa — 38.43°N, 97.90°WKiowa — 38.63°N, 98.10°WKiowa — 38.60°N, 97.93°WKiowa — 38.73°N, 97.53°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.75°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.86°WCorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.88°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.27°WCorsicana Marl — 32.22°N, 96.31°WCorsicana Marl — 31.82°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.75°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.38°N, 97.49°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.20°N, 97.58°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.62°N, 98.06°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.37°N, 98.78°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 98.88°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 33.54°N, 117.78°WVaqueros — 33.68°N, 117.76°WVaqueros — 33.55°N, 117.82°WVaqueros — 33.77°N, 117.89°WVaqueros — 33.70°N, 117.71°WVaqueros — 33.64°N, 117.59°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 119.03°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.84°WVaqueros — 34.32°N, 119.08°WVaqueros — 34.35°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.45°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 119.33°WVaqueros — 34.52°N, 120.43°WVaqueros — 34.53°N, 120.35°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.16°WVaqueros — 34.98°N, 120.21°WVaqueros — 35.27°N, 120.60°WVaqueros — 35.53°N, 120.76°WVaqueros — 35.30°N, 120.15°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 35.25°N, 120.06°WVaqueros — 35.28°N, 120.13°WVaqueros — 35.82°N, 121.06°WVaqueros — 35.77°N, 120.93°WVaqueros — 36.07°N, 121.28°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WFalun de Jeurs — 48.48°N, 2.23°ECastilletes — 11.85°N, 71.33°WCastilletes — 11.93°N, 71.34°WCastilletes — 11.97°N, 71.29°WCastilletes — 11.93°N, 71.36°WByram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.32°N, 90.86°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°WPirabas — 0.80°S, 47.13°WPirabas — 1.00°S, 48.00°WPirabas — 1.23°S, 47.40°WPirabas — 0.74°S, 47.32°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WPirabas — 1.05°S, 47.16°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.31°WPirabas — 2.41°S, 44.42°WPirabas — 1.66°S, 45.37°WLuning — 38.87°N, 117.60°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 96.11°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 95.60°WNacatoch Sand — 33.19°N, 95.22°WNacatoch Sand — 31.31°N, 96.90°WCaloosahatchee — 25.75°N, 81.94°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 26.70°N, 80.99°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.99°WCaloosahatchee — 26.79°N, 81.30°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 80.93°WCaloosahatchee — 26.80°N, 81.37°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WCaloosahatchee — 26.76°N, 81.46°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.17°WChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EBlack Creek — 35.77°N, 78.64°WBlack Creek — 34.48°N, 78.41°WBlack Creek — 34.68°N, 78.23°WBlack Creek — 34.58°N, 78.27°WBlack Creek — 35.23°N, 77.79°WBlack Creek — 35.22°N, 77.68°WBlack Creek — 35.46°N, 77.68°WBlack Creek — 35.67°N, 77.47°WPico — 33.94°N, 117.89°WPico — 34.36°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.33°N, 118.72°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.70°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.51°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°W

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The named rock units Cardiidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 995 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,720 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Cardiidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Cardiidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,838 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,290 sites for Cardiidae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

1,131 references

Each of the 7,774 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 1,119 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Cardiidae

Credit
Féron Benjamin
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
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the licence allows it

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lamarck 1809