Tivela
Tivela is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Tivela Link, 1815 |
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Tivela:[1]
- Tivela abaconis Dall, 1902
- Tivela bicolor Gray
- Tivela compressa Sowerby, 1851.
- Tivela dolabella Sowerby, 1851
- Tivela floridana Rehder, 1939
- Tivela lamyi Dautzenberg, 1929
- Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)
- Tivela natalensis Dunker, 1858
- Tivela petiti Dautzenberg, 1929
- Tivela polita Sowerby
- Tivela stultorum (Mawe, 1823)
- Tivela trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
- Tivela tripla (Linnaeus, 1767)
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following names are also in current use:[2]
- Tivela dunkeri Römer, 1864
- Tivela plathyaulax (Tomlin, 1924)
- Tivela ponderosa (Philippi, 1844)
- Tivela rejecta Smith, 1914
- Tivela transversa Sowerby, 1897
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