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Circe (Circe) scripta (Script Venus)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus scripta was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Plio-Pleistocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Circe scripta by Oostingh (1935), Hashimoto (1982) and Wilson (2002); it was recombined as Circe (Circe) scripta by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Venus scripta Linnaeus
1935Circe scripta Oostingh p. 180
1982Circe scripta Hashimoto
2002Circe scripta Wilson p. 78
2006Circe (Circe) scripta Rosenberg et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyGouldiinae(Stewart 1930)
genusCirceSchumacher 1817
subgenusCirceSchumacher 1817
speciesscripta(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Circe (Circe) scripta Linnaeus 1758 [Script Venus]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available