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 Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
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.