Tivela Link 1807

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

Species

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

• 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 (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)

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