OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Tivela natalensis Dunker, 1858

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tivela natalensis Dunker, 1865
   Cytherea (Tivela) alucinans Sowerby, 1897

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereSouth Africa (Cape marine Province)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique

References

 Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. p.282 [ distribution; synonymy ]  Secondary source
 Fischer-Piette, E. & Fischer, P.H. 1942. p.20 [ distribution; synonymy ]  Secondary source
 Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 1998. p.238 [ distribution; description ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Meretricinae Fischer, 1887
                      Tivela Link, 1807
                        Tivela natalensis Dunker, 1858

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=65734) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-06. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-12.