Tivelina deltoidea Lamarck 1806 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Cytherea deltoidea

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

Sister taxa: Tivelina analoga, Tivelina baudoni, Tivelina capsuloides, Tivelina coislinensis, Tivelina delicatina, Tivelina dixoni, 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 deltoidea curionii

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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