Circe Schumacher 1817 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Parent taxon: Circinae according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Gouldia, Gouldiina, Gafrarium

Subtaxa: Circe (Circe) Circe (Fluctiger) Circe (Laevicirce) Circe (Microcirce) Circe (Parmalophora) Circe (Redicirce) Circe arabica Circe corrugata Circe lenticularis Circe pectinata Circe plicatina Circe rugifera

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (13 collections), Djibouti (5), Egypt (3), Eritrea (3), Japan (1), Kenya (2), the Marshall Islands (1), Pakistan (1), Saudi Arabia (5), South Africa (1), Sudan (1), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (5)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (3), Japan (3), Pakistan (1), the Philippines (2), Vanuatu (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Indonesia (9), the Philippines (1), Vanuatu (1)

• Paleocene of Denmark (5)

Total: 71 collections including 79 occurrences

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