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 Gouldia

Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gouldia*	C. B. Adams, 1847	accepted genus name
*Gouldia minima*	(Montagu, 1803)	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Circe minima*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Circe minima var. minor*	Marion, 1883	synonym
*Circe striata*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Circe undulata*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Cytherea apicalis*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Cytherea minuta*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Cytherea sismondae*	Calcara, 1845	synonym
*Gouldia minima var. citrina*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Gouldia minima var. mirabilis*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Gouldia minima var. penicillata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Gouldia minima var. rubicunda*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Gouldia planata distantelamellata*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Venus cyrilli*	Scacchi, 1832	synonym
*Venus inquinata*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus pumila*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus triangularis*	Montagu, 1803	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	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.
identification resource	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803). 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:141916