Tivelina parameces Cossmann and Pissarro 1905 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Meretrix parameces

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 deltoidea, Tivelina dixoni, Tivelina ewekoroensis, Tivelina gibbosula, Tivelina idriaensis, Tivelina nuculoides, 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 parameces in the database

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