Cerastoderma edule Gewöhnliche Herzmuschel, Essbare Herzmuschel

Cerastoderma edule(Linnaeus, 1758)

Häufigste Muschelart der Nordsee. Farbe:Cremefarben, leicht gelblich oder hellbraun

Lebensraum:In sandigen Schlamm, Sand oder feinem Kies,oft reichlich in geschützten Buchten und Flussmündungen.

Synonyme:
Cardium belgicum De Malzine, 1867 (synonym)
Cardium crenulatum Lamarck, 1819 (synonym)
Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Cardium edule burchanae Girscher, 1938
Cardium edule var. batesoni Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892
Cardium edule var. loppensi Mars, 1951
Cardium edule var. maculata Dautzenberg, 1890 (synonym)
Cardium edule var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892
Cardium edule var. mareotica Pallary, 1912 (synonym)
Cardium edule var. regularis Pallary, 1900 (synonym)
Cardium mercatorium Coen, 1915
Cardium obtritum Locard, 1886 (synonym)
Cardium quadrarium Reeve, 1845
Cardium radula Deshayes, 1835 (invalid: junior homonym of Cardium radula Broderip & G.B. Sowerby, 1829)
Cardium vulgare da Costa, 1778 (synonym)
Cardium vulgatum Tryon, 1872 (synonym)
Cerastoderma edulevar. sinicola Lacourt, 1974 (Not available, infrasubspecific)
Cerastoderma nunninkae Lucas, 1984 (synonym)

Unterarten (2)
Variety Cerastoderma edulevar. contortula Sacco, 1899 accepted as Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789)
Variety Cerastoderma edulevar. sinicola Lacourt, 1974 accepted as Cerastoderma edule(Linnaeus, 1758) (Not available, infrasubspecific)