Species FAO code: KEX

Circomphalus disjectus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
EU quality schemes and nutrition values
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Czech Republic	cs Mušle	–
France	fr vénus	–

Main production methods

Caught

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Circomphalus disjectus (Perry, 1811)

Nutrition values

	Nutrition values per serving (100g)
Energy	86.0 kcal
Total fat	0.96 g
Saturates	0.187 g
Carbohydrate	3.57 g
Sugars	0.0 g
Protein	14.67 g
Salt	1502.5 mg

Source: USDA - FoodData Central

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Circomphalus disjectus (Perry, 1811)

Scientific name

Circomphalus disjectus

Author

(Perry, 1811)

Rank

Species

FAO code

KEX

Morphological description

Shell: delicate, moderately swollen, equivalve and inequilateral, yellowish-whitish in color; sculpture has thin pink concentric lamellae, well-spaced, curve, grooved on the outer surface, prolonged posteriorly to form a spoutlike process; in between lamellae are thin growth lines; very longe ligament deeply set in the dorsal margin runs from the umbones to the end of the hinge which is heterodont with only three cardinal teeth on each valve; muscle scars almost equal (dimyarian, isomyarian); Pallial line has a shallow sinus (sinopalliate). Body: pair of gills each has two series of lamellae extensively fused in interlamellar junctions (eulamellabranch); foot and siphon moderately developed.

Taxonomic classification

ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
  - FamilyVeneridae
    - GenusCircomphalus
      - SpeciesCircomphalus disjectus

Synonyms

Venus disjecta Perry, 1811
Bassina disjecta (Perry, 1811)

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Circomphalus disjectus (Perry, 1811)

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0307 — Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption
  - Clams, cockles and ark shells (families Arcidae, Arcticidae, Cardiidae, Donacidae, Hiatellidae, Mactridae, Mesodesmatidae, Myidae, Semelidae, Solecurtidae, Solenidae, Tridacnidae and Veneridae)
    - 0307 71 00 — Live, fresh or chilled
    - 0307 79 — Other
      - 0307 79 10 — Smoked, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
      - 0307 79 30 — Striped venus or other species of the family Veneridae, frozen
16 — CHAPTER 16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 1605 — Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved
  - Molluscs
    - 1605 56 00 — Clams, cockles and arkshells

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Circomphalus disjectus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Nutrition values

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 81 - Pacific, Southwest