Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Genus Circenita

Circenita callipyga (Born, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Circenita*	Jousseaume, 1888	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cytherea arabica*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Gafrarium callipygum*	(von Born, 1778)	synonym
*Venus callipyga*	Born, 1778	synonym

Literature

additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
additional source	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Circenita callipyga (Born, 1778). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181359