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Wedding cake venus

Bassina disjecta (G. Perry, 1811)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The wedding cake venus (Bassina disjecta) is a species in the family Veneridae, order Venerida.

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Quick facts about the wedding cake venus

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the wedding cake venus live?

Not recorded

Is the wedding cake venus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the wedding cake venus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderVenerida
  5. familyVeneridae
  6. genusBassina
  7. SpeciesBassina disjecta (G. Perry, 1811)

Synonyms Bassina disjecta, Circomphalus disjectus, Venus disjecta, Venus lamellata

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Wedding-cake venusEnglish
  • chionka lamelovitáCzech
  • Hochzeitstorten-VenusmuschelGerman
  • Разъединенная бассинаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wedding cake venus

Other species in the same genus Bassina.

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What kind of animal is the wedding cake venus?

The wedding cake venus (Bassina disjecta) belongs to the family Veneridae in the order Venerida.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Wedding cake venus (Bassina disjecta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wedding-cake-venus

MLA

“Wedding cake venus (Bassina disjecta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wedding-cake-venus.

BibTeX
@misc{wedding_cake_venus_2026,
  title = {Wedding cake venus (Bassina disjecta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wedding-cake-venus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}