Gouldia circularis Deshayes 1857 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Cytherea circularis

Full reference: G.P. Deshayes. 1857. Description des Animaux sans Vertébres découverts dans le Bassin des Paris 1(2):81-392

Belongs to Gouldia according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995

See also Deshayes 1857

Sister taxa: Gouldia (Circenita), Gouldia (Gouldia), Gouldia (Gouldiopa), Gouldia (Paragouldia), Gouldia alta, Gouldia californica, Gouldia camachoi, Gouldia cerina, Gouldia costaricensis, Gouldia insularis, Gouldia minuta, Gouldia subpusilla

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gouldia circularis in the database

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