OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Tivela compressa (Sowerby, 1851)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Meretrix (Pitar) ambigua auct.
   Cytherea compressa Sowerby, 1851
   Trigona ambigua Deshayes, 1853
   Tivela hartvigii Dunker, 1879

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique

References

 Fischer-Piette, E. 1973. p.283 [ distribution; synonymy ]  Secondary source
 Fischer-Piette, E. & Fischer, P.H. 1942. p.23 [ 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 compressa (Sowerby, 1851)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=65745) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-06. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-12.