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Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803)

To GB Mollusca Types (Venus minima Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll3847)
To GB Mollusca Types (Venus minima Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll3847)

141916  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141916)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Veneroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Veneridae (Family)
  12. Gouldiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Gouldia (Genus)
  14. Gouldia minima (Species)
accepted
Species
Circe (Gouldia) minima (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Circe minima (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Circe minima var. minor Marion, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Circe striata Locard, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Circe undulata Locard, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cytherea apicalis R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cytherea minuta T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cytherea sismondae Calcara, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cytherea trigona Nyst, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gafrarium (Circe) minimum (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gafrarium minima (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Venus minima Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (original combination)

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(of Venus minima Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): vol. 1 p. 121 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141916 on 2025-09-12
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original description (of Circe striata Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 302 [details] 

original description (of Circe undulata Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 302 [details] 

original description (of Venus cyrilli Scacchi, 1832) Scacchi, A. (1832). <i>Lettera di Arcangelo Scacchi dottore in medicina su vari testacei napolitani al Signor D. Carlo Tarentino prof. di storia naturale nel R. Liceo di Catanzaro</i> . Napoli, privately printed 6 pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35752111
page(s): 4-5 [details] 

original description (of Venus inquinata Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details] 

original description (of Venus minima Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): vol. 1 p. 121 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Venus pumila Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details] 

original description (of Venus triangularis Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cytherea apicalis R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 40-41; pl. 4 fig. 5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cytherea minuta T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details] 

original description (of Cytherea sismondae Calcara, 1845) Calcara, P. (1845). Cenno sui molluschi viventi e fossili della Sicilia da servire da supplimento ed insieme di critiche osservazioni all'opera di R.A. Philippi. Stamperia Reale, Palermo, 65 pp., pl. 1-4. <em>.</em> , available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN640206182
page(s): 13-14 [details] 

original description (of Circe minima var. minor Marion, 1883) Marion, A.-F. (1883). Considérations sur les faunes profondes de la Méditerranée d'après les dragages opérés au large des côtes méridionales de France. <em>Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Zoologie.</em> 1(Memoire 2): 1-50., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53910108 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Gouldia minima var. citrina Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 340 [details] 

original description (of Gouldia minima var. mirabilis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 339 [details] 

original description (of Gouldia minima var. penicillata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 339 [details] 

original description (of Gouldia minima var. rubicunda Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 340 [details] 

original description (of Gonilia mioglypta F. Nordsieck, 1972 †) Nordsieck, F. (1972). <i>Die Miozäne Molluskenfauna von Miste-Winterswijk NL (Hemmoor)</i>. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag. 187 pp., 33 pls.
page(s): 31, pl. 5 fig. 33 [details] 

original description (of Gouldia planata distantelamellata F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp. [details] 

original description (of Cytherea trigona Nyst, 1835) Nyst, P. H. J. (1835). Recherches sur les coquilles fossiles de la province d'Anvers. Perichon, Bruxelles, 36 pp. + 5 pls., available online at https://books.google.gr/books?id=R5JJAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 10, pl. 2 fig. 39 [details] 

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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 878-879 [details] 
 
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Venus inquinata Lamarck, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Venus pumila Lamarck, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gafrarium minimum (Montagu, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (207 publications) (from synonym Circe minima (Montagu, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Circe striata Locard, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) 
To Conchology (Gouldia minima) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gouldia minima) 
To GB Mollusca Types (Venus minima Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll3847) (from synonym Venus minima Montagu, 1803)
To GB Mollusca Types (Venus triangularis Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll3848) (from synonym Venus triangularis Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Venus minima Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Lesvos, Molivos, at 2 m depth, collected August 1998, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803)) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Venus inquinata Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Venus minima Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Circe striata Locard, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Circe undulata Locard, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Venus cyrilli Scacchi, 1832)
To PESI (from synonym Gouldia planata distantelamellata F. Nordsieck, 1969)
To PESI (from synonym Venus pumila Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Venus triangularis Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Circe minima (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Cytherea apicalis R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Cytherea minuta T. Brown, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Cytherea sismondae Calcara, 1845)
To PESI (from synonym Circe minima var. minor Marion, 1883)
To PESI (from synonym Gouldia minima var. citrina Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Gouldia minima var. mirabilis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Gouldia minima var. penicillata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Gouldia minima var. rubicunda Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To ITIS
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