Tivela
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Tivela is a genus of saltwater clams in the family Veneridae
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the following species are included in the genus Tivela
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following names are also in current use :
Veneridae
The Veneridae or venerids, also known as the Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. There are over 500 living species of venerid bivalves, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as a food source.Many of the most...
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine SpeciesWorld Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species is a database that hopes to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the...
the following species are included in the genus Tivela
- 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 :
- Tivela dunkeri Römer, 1864
- Tivela plathyaulax (Tomlin, 1924)
- Tivela ponderosa (Philippi, 1844)
- Tivela rejecta Smith, 1914
- Tivela transversa Sowerby, 1897