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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Circe Schumacher, 1817

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Circe Schumacher, 1817

Included taxa

   Circe (Circe) Schumacher, 1817
   Circe tumefacta SOWERBY II, 1851 in 1842-87
   Circe intermedia REEVE, 1863 in 1843-65
   Circe (Parmalophora ) Dall, 1915
   Circe (Fluctiger) Iredale, 1924
   Circe (Redicirce) Iredale, 1936

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia: SW coast

References

 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.181 [ member of subfamily Circinae ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Circinae Dall, 1913
                      Circe Schumacher, 1817

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17884) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.