Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Meretrix (Tivelina), Pitaria (Tivelina)
Parent taxon: Meretricinae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Adegoke 1977, Cox et al. 1969, Furon 1948, Olsson 1928, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Aeora, Cytherea, Cytheriopsis, Eomeretrix, Grateloupia, Meretricini, Meretrissa, Meretrix, Resatrix, Tivela
Subtaxa: Meretrix (Tivelina) inornata Tivelina analoga Tivelina baudoni Tivelina capsuloides Tivelina coislinensis Tivelina delicatina Tivelina deltoidea 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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (31 collections)
• Eocene of France (4), Nigeria (3), Peru (1), United States (10: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), Togo (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 52 collections including 69 occurrences
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