Circenita callipyga (Born, 1778)

Yasser, Amaal Gh., Naser, Murtada D., Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M. & Abdullah, Dawood S., 2023, New records of bivalves from the Iraqi coast, Ecologica Montenegrina 62, pp. 50-54 : 52-53

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15195502

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D40765-FFEA-3A05-4F8D-18677E014FEA

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Circenita callipyga (Born, 1778)
status

 

Circenita callipyga (Born, 1778) View in CoL

( Fig. 1E View Figure 1 )

Material examined: 2 specimens, length= 47mm, ( MSC:504 ) .

Shell description

Beaks are nearly central. subovate (length distinctly greater than height) (length distinctly greater than height). Posterior slope varies proportionally from moderate to steep. Sculpture composed of low, slender ridges and growth lines that are frequently worn in the middle and nearly smooth. Inner margin is polished. Pale with sparse spots, radially interrupted rays, and zigzag lines; grey, orange, brown, chocolate, and black.

Habitat: It is living in sand and sandy mud, mid tide levels.

Distribution: all ( Fig. 2 View Figure 2 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Venerida

Family

Veneridae

Genus

Circenita

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