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Tivela

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Tivela was named by Link (1807) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant. Its type is Venus tripla.

It was assigned to Meretricinae by Woodring (1982); to Veneridae by Todd (2001); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Tivela Link
1982Tivela Woodring p. 683
2001Tivela Todd
2002Tivela Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
genusTivelaLink 1807

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tivela Link 1807
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†Pachydesma sulcataria Vokes 1939
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Invalid names: Cytherea (Trigonella) crassatelloides Conrad 1837 [synonym], Tivela scarificata Berry 1940 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trigonella Conrad 1837 [replaced]
Subg. Tivela (Tivela) Link 1807
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Tivela (Tivela) tripla Linnaeus 1758
†Tivela cliffensis Hanna 1927
†Tivela kelloggensis Clark and Woodford 1927
†Tivela merriami Trask 1922
†Tivela packardi Dickerson 1916
†Tivela trigonalis Nomland 1916
†Tivela vaquerosensis Wiedey 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-04 16:40:15
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:40:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (131 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Ypresian61.6 - 47.8Russian Federation (Kamchatka) T. penjinskensis (202260)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) T. kelloggensis (52429 52430 52432) T. packardi (122656)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Russian Federation (Kamchatka) T. penjinskensis (202262)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Russian Federation T. penjinskensis (50078)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Pachydesma weaveri (200870 200877 200878)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) T. weaveri (16712)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation T. tigilensis, T. dvalii, T. snatolana (50051)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Pachydesma aragoensis (203164)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Oregon) Pachydesma aragoensis (201047 201049)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Pachydesma gastonensis (209751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania T. deltoidea (102026)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Pachydesma inezana (205787) T. sp. (52622 52626)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) T. inezana (11601)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama T. mactroides (42631 49492)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Piaui) T. sulcata (112601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) T. diabloensis (44912 44921) T. gabbi (167645) T. inezana (71216 71223 71225 71227 71228 71229 71230 94850 94854 94856 94857 94868 203554) T. vaquerosensis (220072)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama T. mactroides (42617 49493)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia T. austeniana (97678)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) T. diabloensis (44940) T. gabbi (159672) T. sp. (44965)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama T. mactroides (42599)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama T. mactroides (52169 52171 82125 82130 93145)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) T. mactroides (145337)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) T. mactroides (88312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia T. imitatrix (70083)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago T. austeniana (60412 60413 60414 60415 60417)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) T. stultorum (97241 97242 97404) T. trigonalis (206371)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) T. venezuelana (41543 41545 41554)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) T. stultorum (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) T. stultorum (96887)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) T. byronensis (51885)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa T. baini (77527 77528)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan T. sp. (55399)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela T. mactroides (131237) T. venezuelana (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica T. jamaicensis (58522 69090)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) T. trigonalis (216567)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Western Cape) T. compressa (118317 118318)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) T. stultorum (186031)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Pachydesma crassatelloides (207661 207662 207706 207714 207716) T. stultorum (214277 214278 214279 214280 214286 214287)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Venezuela (Sucre) T. mactroides (41556)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) T. stultorum (168757)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Western Cape) T. compressa (118308)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) T. stultorum (96592 96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) T. stultorum (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa T. compressa (122937 122939) T. compressa, T. transversa (122940) T. polita, T. natalensis, T. baini (122946) T. transversa (122941) T. transversa, T. baini (122945)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mozambique T. polita, T. natalensis (122947)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan T. ponderosa, T. sp. (55401)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) T. crassatelloides (222663) T. stultorum (71051) T. stultorum, T. scarificata (138723)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Pachydesma crassatelloides (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) T. byronensis (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico T. stultorum (67641 67642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) T. compressa (110492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti T. ponderosa (96785)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pachydesma crassatelloides (222674) T. crassatelloides (222659 222660 222661 222662) T. stultorum (59063 96895 96936 160361 203417 219029 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Comus platyaulax (81091 81100)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) T. stultorum (191984)