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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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