Venus crebrisulca is a species of marine clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.[1]
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| Shell of Venus crebrisulca (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Venus |
| Species: | V. crebrisulca
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| Binomial name | |
| Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818
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Description edit
The length of the clam attains 47.6 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco, Western Sahara and Senegal.
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446832 on 2023-02-04
- 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.
- 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.
External links edit
- Lamarck (J.-B. M.) de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 5. Paris: Deterville/Verdière, 612 pp
- Rang, (S.). (1834). Venus. Venus. Linné. V. rosaline. V. rosalina, Rang. Magasin de Zoologie. 4: Classe V, Planche 42
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