Circomphalus
| Circomphalus Temporal range: Miocene - Recent | |
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| Valves of Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus | |
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| Fossil valve of Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus from Pliocene of Italy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Circomphalus Klein, 1853 |
Circomphalus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.
Fossil records
The genus Circomphalus is known from the Miocene to the Recent periods (age range: from 15.97 to 0.0 million years ago). [1]
Species
Species within this genus, according to ITIS, include: [2]
- Circomphalus callimorphus (Dall, 1902)
- Circomphalus casina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Circomphalus fordi (Yates, 1890)
- Circomphalus strigillinus (Dall, 1902)
According to WoRMS, the species are: [3]
- Circomphalus disjectus (Perry, 1811)
- Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Circomphalus hiraseanus (Kuroda, 1930)
- Circomphalus yatei (Gray, 1835)
References
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