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Tivela

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Tivela
The outside of one valve of Tivela ponderosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Tivela
Link, 1815
Species

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Synonyms
  • Cytherea (Tivela) Link, 1807
  • Eutivela Dall, 1891 (junior synonym)
  • Mactra (Trigonella) Conrad, 1837
  • Meretrix (Eutivela) Dall, 1891 (junior synonym)
  • Pachydesma Conrad, 1854
  • Planitivela Olsson, 1961
  • Tivela (Eutivela) Dall, 1891 · alternate representation
  • Tivela (Pachydesma) Conrad, 1854 · alternate representation
  • Tivela (Planitivela) Olsson, 1961 · alternate representation
  • Tivela (Tivela) Link, 1807 · alternate representation
  • Trigonella Conrad, 1837

Tivela is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Meretricinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1]

Species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Tivela:[2]

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

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trigona Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516220 on 2022-10-01
  2. ^ WoRMS : Tivela
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