Tivela is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Meretricinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Tivela:
- Tivela argentina <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)</small>
- Tivela bicolor <small>Gray</small>
- Tivela byronensis <small>(Gray, 1838)</small>
- Tivela compressa <small> G.B. Sowerby II, 1851</small>
- Tivela cora <small>Römer, 1864</small>
- Tivela damaoides <small>(W. Wood, 1828)</small>
- Tivela delessertii <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)</small>
- Tivela dentaria <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Tivela dillwyni <small>(Deshayes, 1853)</small>
- Tivela dunkeri <small>Römer, 1864</small>
- Tivela fulminata <small>(Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)</small>
- Tivela geijskesi <small>van Regteren Altena, 1968</small>
- Tivela laevigata <small>(J. E. Gray, 1838)</small>
- Tivela lamyi <small>Dautzenberg, 1929</small>
- Tivela lessonii <small>(Deshayes, 1830)</small>
- Tivela lineata <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)</small>
- Tivela mactroides <small>(Born, 1778)</small>
- Tivela mulawana <small>Biggs, 1969</small>
- Tivela natalensis <small>Dunker, 1858</small>
- Tivela planulata <small>(Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)</small>
- Tivela ponderosa <small>(F.C.L. Koch in R.A. Philippi, 1844)</small>
- Tivela rejecta <small>Smith, 1914</small>
- Tivela stefaninii <small>(Nardini, 1933)</small>
- Tivela stultorum <small>(Mawe, 1823)</small>
- Tivela transversa <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)</small>
- Tivela trigonella <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Tivela tripla <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Tivela valae <small>Lussi, 1996</small>
- Tivela zonaria <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
Synonyms:
- Tivela abaconis <small>Dall, 1902</small>: synonym of Tivela trigonella <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Tivela brasiliana <small>Dall, 1902</small>: synonym of Tivela mactroides <small>(Born, 1778)</small>
- Tivela dolabella <small>G.B. Sowerby II, 1851</small>: synonym of Tivela damaoides <small>(W. Wood, 1828)</small>
- Tivela elegans <small>A. E. Verrill, 1870</small>: synonym of Tivela byronensis <small>(Gray, 1838)</small>
- Tivela floridana <small>Rehder, 1939</small>: synonym of Tivela trigonella <small>(J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Tivela foresti <small>Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967</small>: synonym of Tivela fulminata <small>(Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)</small>
- Tivela hartvigii <small>Dunker, 1879</small>: synonym of Tivela compressa <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)</small>
- Tivela isabelleana <small>(d'Orbigny, 1846)</small>: synonym of Tivela dentaria <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Tivela petiti <small>Dautzenberg, 1929</small>: synonym of Tivela transversa <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)</small>
- Tivela platyaulax <small>(Tomlin, 1924)</small>: synonym of Comus platyaulax <small>(Tomlin, 1924)</small>
- Tivela polita <small>G.B. Sowerby II, 1851</small>: synonym of Tivela planulata <small>(Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)</small>
- Tivela plathyaulax <small>(Tomlin, 1924)</small>: synonym of Comus platyaulax <small>(Tomlin, 1924)</small>
- Tivela rejecta <small>E. A. Smith, 1914, sensu P. G. Oliver, 1995</small>: synonym of Tivela damaoides <small>(W. Wood, 1828)</small> (misapplication)
- Tivela scarificata <small>S. S. Berry, 1940</small>: synonym of Tivela stultorum <small>(Mawe, 1823)</small>
- Tivela subglobosa <small>Dunker, 1864</small>: synonym of Tivela mactroides <small>(Born, 1778)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Tivela tomlini <small>Haughton, 1932</small>: synonym of Tivela compressa <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)</small>
- Tivela trigona <small>Borchert, 1901</small>: synonym of Tivela dentaria <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Tivela ventricosa <small>(Gray, 1838)</small>: synonym of Tivela zonaria <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Tivela vulgaris <small>Link, 1807</small>: synonym of Tivela mactroides <small>(Born, 1778)</small>
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