Tivelina dixoni Deshayes 1857 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Cytherea dixoni

Full reference: G.P. Deshayes. 1857. Description des Animaux sans Vertébres découverts dans le Bassin des Paris 1(2):81-392

Belongs to Tivelina according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995

See also Deshayes 1857

Sister taxa: Tivelina analoga, Tivelina baudoni, Tivelina capsuloides, Tivelina coislinensis, Tivelina delicatina, Tivelina deltoidea, Tivelina ewekoroensis, Tivelina gibbosula, Tivelina idriaensis, Tivelina nuculoides, Tivelina parameces, Tivelina rustica, Tivelina siliqua, Tivelina sphenarium, Tivelina subquadrangularis, Tivelina tellinaria, Tivelina vaderensis, Tivelina vincentiana

Subtaxa: Tivelina dixoni humerosa

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tivelina dixoni in the database

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