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Circomphalus

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Description

Circomphalus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circomphalus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287838	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287838
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17479	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17479

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Circomphalus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Circomphalus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Venerinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Circomphalus	Mörch 1853

Scientific Name

Circomphalus Mörch, 1853

Name Published In

Cat. Yoldi, 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Circomphalus	subgenus	belongs to Antigona	stated without evidence	Palmer, 1927
Circomphalus	subgenus	belongs to Chione	stated with evidence	Oostingh, 1935
Circomphalus	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Marasti, 1973
Circomphalus	genus	belongs to Venerinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Circomphalus	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Circomphalus	genus	belongs to Venerinae	stated with evidence	Rosenberg, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circomphalus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Callanaitis allporti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Callanaitis disjecta species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Chione (Circomphalus) isabellina species	listed (PBDB)		4	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Circomphalus callimorphus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circomphalus casina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circomphalus fordi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circomphalus hiraseanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circomphalus strigillinus species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Venus allporti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Eusalacia Cossmann, 1920	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Eusalacia*
Bassinaria Marwick, 1928	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Bassinaria*
Circomphallus Palmer, 1927	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Circomphallus*
Circumphalus Schaufuss, 1869	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Circumphalus*
Salacia Jukes-Brown, 1914	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Salacia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Circomphalus Mörch p. 23
1917	Callanaitis Iredale
1927	Antigona (Circomphalus) Palmer p. 308
1928	Bassinaria Marwick
1935	Chione (Circomphalus) Oostingh p. 185
1973	Circomphalus Marasti p. 109

Year	Name and Author
1980	Circomphalus Vokes p. 167
1980	Callanaitis Vokes p. 177
2002	Bassinaria Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Callanaitis Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Circomphalus Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Circomphalus Rosenberg

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Rosenberg G. (2005) Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca, [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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