Tivela

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 (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)