Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Subfamily Gouldiinae > Genus Microcirce

Microcirce consternans P. G. Oliver & Zuschin, 2001

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microcirce*	Habe, 1951	accepted genus name
*Microcirce consternans*	P. G. Oliver & Zuschin, 2001	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Gouldia minima var. triangularis*	Moazzo, 1939	synonym
*Gouldiopa consternans*	(P. G. Oliver & Zuschin, 2001)	synonym

Literature

original description	Oliver P.G. & Zuschin M. 2001. Minute Veneridae and Kelliellidae from the Red and Arabian Seas with a redescription of Kellia miliacea Issel, 1869. Journal of Conchology 37(2): 213-230
basis of record	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.
new combination reference	Cosel, R. von & Gofas, S. (2018). Description of a new genus and twelve new species of marine bivalves from tropical West Africa, with comments on other taxa from the area. Iberus. 36(1): 1-54.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Microcirce consternans P. G. Oliver & Zuschin, 2001. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:458018