African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Circe Schumacher, 1817

AphiaID

205535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205535)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gouldiinae R. B. Stewart, 1930

Original name

Circe Schumacher, 1817

Synonymised names

Cytherea (Circe) Schumacher, 1817 · alternative representation

Direct children (10)

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Species Circe rivularis (Born, 1778)
Species Circe rugifera (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Circe scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Circe undatina (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Circe corrugata (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Circe rugifera (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Circe crocea J. E. Gray, 1838 accepted as Circe rivularis (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Circe divaricata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Gafrarium divaricatum (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Circe pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Circe radula E. Lamy, 1938 accepted as Dorisca amica (E. A. Smith, 1885) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Circe sulcata J. E. Gray, 1838 accepted as Redicirce sulcata (J. E. Gray, 1838)

Environment

marine

Original description

Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Circe Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205535 on 2026-10-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Circe Schumacher, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205535 on 2026-10-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-08-28 10:18:39Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-08-01 14:22:38Z

checked

Sartori, André F.

2022-01-09 19:51:35Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

2023-01-20 19:09:04Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Circe)

Unreviewed

Eben (1884, plaat 5)