Tivela

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Tivela | image = Tivela ponderosa 001.jpg | image_caption = The outside of one [[valve (mollusc)|valve]] of ''[[Tivela ponderosa]]'' | authority = Link, 1815 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = * ''Cytherea (Tivela)'' Link, 1807 * ''Eutivela'' Dall, 1891 (junior synonym) * ''Mactra (Trigonella)'' Conrad, 1837 * ''Meretrix (Eutivela)'' Dall, 1891 (junior synonym) * ''Pachydesma'' Conrad, 1854 * ''Planitivela'' Olsson, 1961 * ''Tivela (Eutivela)'' Dall, 1891 · alternate representation * ''Tivela (Pachydesma)'' Conrad, 1854 · alternate representation * ''Tivela (Planitivela)'' Olsson, 1961 · alternate representation * ''Tivela (Tivela)'' Link, 1807 · alternate representation * ''Trigonella'' Conrad, 1837 }}

'''Tivela''' is a [[genus]] of saltwater clams, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]]s in the subfamily [[Meretricinae]] of the family [[Veneridae]], the Venus clams.<ref name="WoRMS"> MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trigona Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516220 on 2022-10-01</ref>

==Species== According to the [[World Register of Marine Species]], the following species are included in the genus ''Tivela'':<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist WoRMS : Tivela]</ref> * ''[[Tivela argentina]]'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) * ''[[Tivela bicolor]]'' Gray * ''[[Tivela byronensis]]'' (Gray, 1838) * ''[[Tivela compressa]]'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1851 * ''[[Tivela cora]]'' Römer, 1864 * ''[[Tivela damaoides]]'' (W. Wood, 1828) * ''[[Tivela delessertii]]'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) * ''[[Tivela dentaria]]'' (Lamarck, 1818) * ''[[Tivela dillwyni]]'' (Deshayes, 1853) * ''[[Tivela dunkeri]]'' Römer, 1864 * ''[[Tivela fulminata]]'' (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827) * ''[[Tivela geijskesi]]'' van Regteren Altena, 1968 * ''[[Tivela laevigata]]'' (J. E. Gray, 1838) * ''[[Tivela lamyi]]'' Dautzenberg, 1929 * ''[[Tivela lessonii]]'' (Deshayes, 1830) * ''[[Tivela lineata]]'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) * ''[[Tivela mactroides]]'' (Born, 1778) * ''[[Tivela mulawana]]'' Biggs, 1969 * ''[[Tivela natalensis]]'' Dunker, 1858 * ''[[Tivela planulata]]'' (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) * ''[[Tivela ponderosa]]'' (F.C.L. Koch in R.A. Philippi, 1844) * ''[[Tivela rejecta]]'' Smith, 1914 * ''[[Tivela stefaninii]]'' (Nardini, 1933) * ''[[Tivela stultorum]]'' (Mawe, 1823) * ''[[Tivela transversa]]'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) * ''[[Tivela trigonella]]'' (Lamarck, 1818) * ''[[Tivela tripla]]'' (Linnaeus, 1767) * ''[[Tivela valae]]'' Lussi, 1996 * ''[[Tivela zonaria]]'' (Lamarck, 1818)

;Synonyms: * ''Tivela abaconis'' Dall, 1902: synonym of ''Tivela trigonella'' (Lamarck, 1818) * ''Tivela brasiliana'' Dall, 1902: synonym of ''Tivela mactroides'' (Born, 1778) * ''Tivela dolabella'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1851: synonym of ''Tivela damaoides'' (W. Wood, 1828) * ''Tivela elegans'' A. E. Verrill, 1870: synonym of ''Tivela byronensis'' (Gray, 1838) * ''Tivela floridana'' Rehder, 1939: synonym of ''Tivela trigonella'' (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818) * ''Tivela foresti'' Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967: synonym of ''Tivela fulminata'' (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827) * ''Tivela hartvigii'' Dunker, 1879: synonym of ''Tivela compressa'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) * ''Tivela isabelleana'' (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of ''Tivela dentaria'' (Lamarck, 1818) * ''Tivela petiti'' Dautzenberg, 1929: synonym of ''Tivela transversa'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) * ''Tivela platyaulax'' (Tomlin, 1924): synonym of ''[[Comus platyaulax]]'' (Tomlin, 1924) * ''Tivela polita'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1851: synonym of ''Tivela planulata'' (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) * ''Tivela plathyaulax'' (Tomlin, 1924): synonym of ''[[Comus platyaulax]]'' (Tomlin, 1924) * ''Tivela rejecta'' E. A. Smith, 1914, sensu P. G. Oliver, 1995: synonym of ''Tivela damaoides'' (W. Wood, 1828) (misapplication) * ''Tivela scarificata'' S. S. Berry, 1940: synonym of ''Tivela stultorum'' (Mawe, 1823) * ''Tivela subglobosa'' Dunker, 1864: synonym of ''Tivela mactroides'' (Born, 1778) (junior subjective synonym) * ''Tivela tomlini'' Haughton, 1932: synonym of ''Tivela compressa'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) * ''Tivela trigona'' Borchert, 1901: synonym of ''Tivela dentaria'' (Lamarck, 1818) * ''Tivela ventricosa'' (Gray, 1838): synonym of ''Tivela zonaria'' (Lamarck, 1818) * ''Tivela vulgaris'' Link, 1807: synonym of ''Tivela mactroides'' (Born, 1778)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1 Abt.] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909 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] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788825 Dall, W. H. (1891). On a new subgenus of Meretrix, with descriptions of two new species from Brazil. The Nautilus. 5(3): 26-29, 2 text-figures]

[[Category:Veneridae]] [[Category:Bivalve genera]]