Tivela

Tivela
The outside of one valve of Tivela ponderosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Tivela
Link, 1815
Species

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Synonyms
  • Trigona Megerle, 1811
  • Trigonella Conrad, 1837

Tivela is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Tivela:[1]

According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following names are also in current use :[2]

Tivela ventricosa

References


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