Tivela (Tivela) Link 1807 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Parent taxon: Tivela according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Tivela (Comus), Tivela (Pachydesma), Tivela (Planitivela), Tivela cliffensis, Tivela kelloggensis, Tivela merriami, Tivela packardi, Tivela trigonalis, Tivela vaquerosensis, Tivela weaveri

Subtaxa: Tivela (Tivela) austeniana Tivela (Tivela) mactroides Tivela (Tivela) tripla

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Type: Venus tripla

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (2), Trinidad and Tobago (5), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Colombia (2), Panama (11)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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