Biology:Venus crebrisulca

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Venus crebrisulca
Venus crebrisulca (MNHN-IM-2000-21106) 002.jpeg
Shell of Venus crebrisulca (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Venus
Species:
V. crebrisulca
Binomial name
Venus crebrisulca
Lamarck, 1818
Synonyms
  • Circomphalus rosalina (Rang, 1834) (incorrect generic combination)
  • Venus rosalina Rang, 1834

Venus crebrisulca is a species of marine clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.[1]

Description

The length of the clam attains 47.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco, Western Sahara and Senegal.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446832 on 2023-02-04
  • 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.
  • Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1–1104.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7140133 entry