Tivelina nuculoides Cossmann 1882 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Cytherea nuculoides

Full reference: M. Cossmann. 1882. Description d'espèces nouvelles du bassin parisien. 30:279-295

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

See also Cossmann 1882

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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