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

Gouldiinae R. B. Stewart, 1930

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subfamily group names

*Circe*	Schumacher, 1817	taxonomically included in
*Circenita*	Jousseaume, 1888	taxonomically included in
*Gafrarium*	Röding, 1798	taxonomically included in
*Gouldia*	C. B. Adams, 1847	taxonomically included in
*Gouldiopa*	Iredale, 1924	taxonomically included in
*Microcirce*	Habe, 1951	taxonomically included in
*Redicirce*	Iredale, 1936	taxonomically included in

Children

Circe Schumacher, 1817
Circenita Jousseaume, 1888
Gafrarium Röding, 1798
Gouldia C. B. Adams, 1847
Gouldiopa Iredale, 1924
Microcirce Habe, 1951
Redicirce Iredale, 1936

Literature

basis of record	Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gouldiinae R. B. Stewart, 1930. 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:489104