Tivela
The outside of one valve of Tivela ponderosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Tivela Link, 1815
Species
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 bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Meretricinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.^[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Tivela:^[2]

• 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)