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Lamelliconcha circinata

Lamelliconcha circinata
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Lamelliconcha
Species:	L. circinata
Binomial name
Lamelliconcha circinata (Born, 1778)
Synonyms
Cytherea guineensis Lamarck, 1818 Hysteroconcha circinata (Born, 1778) Pitar circinatus (Born, 1778) Tellina senegalensis Gmelin, 1791 Venus circinata Born, 1778 Venus guineensis Gmelin, 1791 Venus rubra Gmelin, 1791

Lamelliconcha circinata, common name the "purple venus clam", is a speciesofbivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. This species can be found around the coasts of the islands in the West Indies.^[1][2]

References[edit]

• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp

External links[edit]

• Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere.
• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 5. Paris: Deterville/Verdière, 612 pp

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