Biology:Pitar circinatus

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Short description: Species of bivalve


Pitar circinatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Subfamily: Callocardiinae
Genus: Pitar
Species:
P. circinatus
Binomial name
Pitar circinatus
(Born, 1778)

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

  1. 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