Biology:Pitar circinatus
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Short description: Species of bivalve
| Pitar circinatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Subfamily: | Callocardiinae |
| Genus: | Pitar |
| Species: | P. circinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pitar circinatus (Born, 1778)
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Pitar circinatus, common name the "purple venus clam", is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. This species can be found around the coasts of the islands in the West Indies.[1]
References
- ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 68.
Wikidata ☰ Q7198624 entry
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