Tivela is a
genus
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of saltwater clams,
marine bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the subfamily
Meretricinae of the family
Veneridae, the Venus clams.
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Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus ''Tivela'':
WoRMS : Tivela
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* '' Tivela argentina'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
* '' Tivela bicolor'' Gray
* '' Tivela byronensis'' (Gray, 1838)
* '' Tivela compressa'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1851
* '' Tivela cora'' Römer, 1864
* '' Tivela damaoides'' (W. Wood, 1828)
* '' Tivela delessertii'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
* ''Tivela dentaria
Tivela is a genus of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Meretricinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
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'' (Lamarck, 1818)
* '' Tivela dillwyni'' (Deshayes, 1853)
* '' Tivela dunkeri'' Römer, 1864
* '' Tivela fulminata'' (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
* '' Tivela geijskesi'' van Regteren Altena, 1968
* '' Tivela laevigata'' (J. E. Gray, 1838)
* '' Tivela lamyi'' Dautzenberg, 1929
* '' Tivela lessonii'' (Deshayes, 1830)
* '' Tivela lineata'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
* '' Tivela mactroides'' (Born, 1778)
* '' Tivela mulawana'' Biggs, 1969
* '' Tivela natalensis'' Dunker, 1858
* '' Tivela planulata'' (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
* '' Tivela ponderosa'' (F.C.L. Koch in R.A. Philippi, 1844)
* '' Tivela rejecta'' Smith, 1914
* '' Tivela stefaninii'' (Nardini, 1933)
* '' Tivela stultorum'' (Mawe, 1823)
* '' Tivela transversa'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
* '' Tivela trigonella'' (Lamarck, 1818)
* '' Tivela tripla'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* '' Tivela valae'' Lussi, 1996
* '' Tivela zonaria'' (Lamarck, 1818)
;Synonyms:
* ''Tivela abaconis'' Dall, 1902: synonym of ''Tivela trigonella'' (Lamarck, 1818)
* ''Tivela brasiliana'' Dall, 1902: synonym of ''Tivela mactroides'' (Born, 1778)
* ''Tivela dolabella'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1851: synonym of ''Tivela damaoides'' (W. Wood, 1828)
* ''Tivela elegans'' A. E. Verrill, 1870: synonym of ''Tivela byronensis'' (Gray, 1838)
* ''Tivela floridana'' Rehder, 1939: synonym of ''Tivela trigonella'' (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818)
* ''Tivela foresti'' Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967: synonym of ''Tivela fulminata'' (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
* ''Tivela hartvigii'' Dunker, 1879: synonym of ''Tivela compressa'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
* ''Tivela isabelleana'' (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of ''Tivela dentaria'' (Lamarck, 1818)
* ''Tivela petiti'' Dautzenberg, 1929: synonym of ''Tivela transversa'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
* ''Tivela platyaulax'' (Tomlin, 1924): synonym of '' Comus platyaulax'' (Tomlin, 1924)
* ''Tivela polita'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1851: synonym of ''Tivela planulata'' (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
* ''Tivela plathyaulax'' (Tomlin, 1924): synonym of '' Comus platyaulax'' (Tomlin, 1924)
* ''Tivela rejecta'' E. A. Smith, 1914, sensu P. G. Oliver, 1995: synonym of ''Tivela damaoides'' (W. Wood, 1828) (misapplication)
* ''Tivela scarificata'' S. S. Berry, 1940: synonym of ''Tivela stultorum'' (Mawe, 1823)
* ''Tivela subglobosa'' Dunker, 1864: synonym of ''Tivela mactroides'' (Born, 1778) (junior subjective synonym)
* ''Tivela tomlini'' Haughton, 1932: synonym of ''Tivela compressa'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
* ''Tivela trigona'' Borchert, 1901: synonym of ''Tivela dentaria'' (Lamarck, 1818)
* ''Tivela ventricosa'' (Gray, 1838): synonym of ''Tivela zonaria'' (Lamarck, 1818)
* ''Tivela vulgaris'' Link, 1807: synonym of ''Tivela mactroides'' (Born, 1778)
References
External links
Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1 Abt.
Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl
Dall, W. H. (1891). On a new subgenus of Meretrix, with descriptions of two new species from Brazil. The Nautilus. 5(3): 26-29, 2 text-figures
Veneridae
Bivalve genera
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