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Tivela Link, 1807

204741  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204741)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Veneroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Veneridae (Family)
  12. Meretricinae (Subfamily)
  13. Tivela (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Venus tripla Linnaeus, 1771 accepted as Tivela tripla (Linnaeus, 1771) (type by subsequent designation)
Cytherea (Trigonella) Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Trigonella da Costa, 1778; Pachydesma is a replacement name
Eutivela Dall, 1891 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Meretrix (Eutivela) Dall, 1891 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tivela (Eutivela) Dall, 1891 · alternative representation
Tivela (Pachydesma) T. A. Conrad, 1854 · alternative representation
Tivela (Planitivela) Olsson, 1961 · alternative representation
Tivela (Tivela) Link, 1807 · alternative representation
Trigonella Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Trigonella da Costa, 1778; Pachydesma is a replacement name

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  1. Species Tivela argentina (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
  2. Species Tivela bicolor (Gray, 1838)
  3. Species Tivela byronensis (J. E. Gray, 1838)
  4. Species Tivela compressa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
  5. Species Tivela cora Römer, 1864
  6. Species Tivela damaoides (W. Wood, 1828)
  7. Species Tivela delessertii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
  8. Species Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818)
  9. Species Tivela dillwyni (Deshayes, 1853)
  10. Species Tivela dunkeri Römer, 1864
  11. Species Tivela fulminata (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
  12. Species Tivela geijskesi van Regteren Altena, 1968
  13. Species Tivela laevigata (J. E. Gray, 1838)
  14. Species Tivela lamyi Dautzenberg, 1929
  15. Species Tivela lessonii (Deshayes, 1830)
  16. Species Tivela lineata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
  17. Species Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)
  18. Species Tivela mulawana H. E. J. Biggs, 1969
  19. Species Tivela natalensis Dunker, 1864
  20. Species Tivela planulata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
  21. Species Tivela rejecta E. A. Smith, 1914
  22. Species Tivela stefaninii (Nardini, 1933)
  23. Species Tivela stultorum (Mawe, 1823)
  24. Species Tivela transversa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
  25. Species Tivela trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
  26. Species Tivela tripla (Linnaeus, 1771)
  27. Species Tivela valae Lussi, 1996
  28. Species Tivela zonaria (Lamarck, 1818)
  29. Species Tivela abaconis Dall, 1902 accepted as Tivela trigonella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Tivela brasiliana Dall, 1902 accepted as Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Tivela dolabella (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Tivela damaoides (W. Wood, 1828)
  32. Species Tivela elegans A. E. Verrill, 1870 accepted as Tivela byronensis (J. E. Gray, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Species Tivela floridana Rehder, 1939 accepted as Tivela trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
  34. Species Tivela foresti Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967 accepted as Tivela fulminata (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
  35. Species Tivela hartvigii Dunker, 1879 accepted as Tivela compressa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
  36. Species Tivela hians (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Sunetta solanderii (J. E. Gray, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Tivela isabelleana (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818)
  38. Species Tivela petiti Dautzenberg, 1929 accepted as Tivela transversa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Tivela platyaulax (Tomlin, 1924) accepted as Comus platyaulax (Tomlin, 1924)
  40. Species Tivela polita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Tivela damaoides (W. Wood, 1828)
  41. Species Tivela rejecta E. A. Smith, 1914, sensu P. G. Oliver, 1995 accepted as Tivela damaoides (W. Wood, 1828) (misapplication)
  42. Species Tivela scarificata S. S. Berry, 1940 accepted as Tivela stultorum (Mawe, 1823)
  43. Species Tivela subglobosa Dunker, 1864 accepted as Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Species Tivela trigona Borchert, 1901 accepted as Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818)
  45. Species Tivela ventricosa (Gray, 1838) accepted as Tivela zonaria (Lamarck, 1818)
  46. Species Tivela vulgaris Link, 1807 accepted as Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)
  47. Subgenus Tivela (Eutivela) Dall, 1891 represented as Tivela Link, 1807
  48. Subgenus Tivela (Pachydesma) T. A. Conrad, 1854 represented as Tivela Link, 1807
    1. Species Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum (Mawe, 1823) represented as Tivela stultorum (Mawe, 1823)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 152 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tivela Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204741 on 2025-06-20
Date
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2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-01-08 19:16:37Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2013-09-06 08:30:31Z
changed
Sartori, André F.
2021-06-28 14:33:01Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2023-07-26 08:33:19Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2024-02-15 14:13:08Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 152 [details] 

original description (of Pachydesma T. A. Conrad, 1854) Conrad, T. A. (1854). Notes on shells, with descriptions of three recent and one fossil species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7: 31-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299248
page(s): 31 [details] 

original description (of Planitivela Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 266 [details] 

original description (of Meretrix (Eutivela) Dall, 1891) Dall, W. H. (1891). On a new subgenus of <i>Meretrix</i>, with descriptions of two new species from Brazil. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 5(3): 26-29, 2 text-figures., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788825
page(s): 28 [details] 

original description (of Cytherea (Trigonella) Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 253. [details] 

basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 159 [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

 
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