?Cockles
Empty cockle shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Veneroida Superfamily: Cardioidea Family: Cardiidae
Genera
Acanthocardia Americardia Cardium Cerastoderma Clinocardium Corculum Ctenocardia Dinocardium Discors Fragum Fulvia Laevicardium Lophocardiium Lyrocardium Lunulicardia Microcardium Nemocardium Papyridea Parvicardium Plagiocardium Ringicardium Trachycardium Trigoniocardia Serripes This public domain image comes a National Park Service article. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda † Rostroconchia The mollusks or molluscs are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ... Orders Subclass Protobranchia Solemyoida Nuculoida Subclass Pteriomorphia - oysters, mussels Arcoida Mytiloida Pterioida Subclass Paleoheterodonta Trigoinoida Unionoida - freshwater mussels Subclass Heterodonta - clams, zebra mussels Veneroida Myoida Subclass Anomalosdesmata Pholadomyoida Bivalves are molluscs belonging to the class Bivalvia. ... Families Arcticidae Astartidae Cardiidae Donacidae Kelliidae Lasaeidae Leptonidae Lucinidae Mactridae Montacutidae Petricolidae Pharidae Psammobiidae Scrobiculariidae Semelidae Solecurtidae Solenidae Tellinidae Thyasiridae Turtoniidae Ungulinidae Veneridae The Veneroida or veneroids are an order of bivalve molluscs. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ...

Cockle is the common name for bivalve mollusks of the family Cardiidae. The shells are a common fixture on many beaches throughout the world. The distinct rounded shells are symmetrical, heart-shaped and feature strongly pronounced ribs. Orders Subclass Protobranchia Solemyoida Nuculoida Subclass Pteriomorphia - oysters Arcoida Mytiloida Pterioida Subclass Paleoheterodonta - mussels Trigoinoida Unionoida Subclass Heterodonta - clams, zebra mussels Veneroida Myoida Subclass Anomalosdesmata Pholadomyoida Animals of the Class Bivalvia are known as bivalves because they typically have two-part shells, with both parts being more or less symmetrical. ... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda † Rostroconchia The mollusks or molluscs are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ...

The mantle has three apertures (inhalant, exhalant, and pedal) for siphoning water and for the foot to protrude. Cockles typically burrow using the foot and feed by siphoning water in and out, sifting plankton from it. They are also capable of 'jumping' by bending and straightening the foot. Unlike most bivalves, cockles are hermaphroditic and reproduce quickly. The mantle is an organ found in mollusks. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In zoology, a hermaphrodite is a species that contains both male and female sexual organs at some point during their lives. ...

Cockles picked from Morecambe Bay

Cockle Picking in Morecambe Bay The photo was taken by me on 9 May 2004. ... Cockle Picking in Morecambe Bay The photo was taken by me on 9 May 2004. ... Morecambe Bay at low tide from Hest Bank, looking towards Grange-over-Sands. ...

In cuisine and culture

Cockles are a popular type of shellfish in both Eastern and Western cooking. Consumption of raw cockles has been linked to hepatitis. ^[1] Cooked mussels Shellfish is a term used to describe shelled molluscs and crustaceans used as food. ... Cooking is an act of preparing food for eating. ... Hepatitis is a gastroenterological disease, featuring inflammation of the liver. ...

Cockles are sold fresh as a snack food in the United Kingdom, and are eaten with vinegar. They are also available pickled in jars and, more recently, they are often sold in convenient sealed packets (with vinegar) containing a plastic two-pronged fork.

They are an effective bait for a wide variety of sea fishes.

Alternate Meanings

The English phrase 'cockles of my heart' refers to the ventricles of the heart (Latin: cochleae cordis). The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... In the heart, a ventricle is a heart chamber which collects blood from an atrium (another heart chamber that is smaller than ventricle) and pumps it out of the heart. ... The heart and lungs, from an older edition of Grays Anatomy. ...

External links

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References

1. ^ O'Mahony; Gooch, Smyth, et al. (1983). Epidemic hepatitis A from cockles. NIH. Retrieved on 2006-03-25.