Circomphalus

Circomphalus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Valves of Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus
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
Mörch, 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

  1. ↑ Fossilworks
  2. ↑ ITIS
  3. ↑ WoRMS
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