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Cytherea (Tivela) Link, 1807

AphiaID

572573 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572573)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Tivela Link, 1807

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Tivela Link, 1807

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Species Cytherea (Tivela) arguta Römer, 1860 accepted as Tivela byronensis (J. E. Gray, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Cytherea (Tivela) transversa G. B. Sowerby III, 1897 accepted as Tivela transversa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (basionym)
Species Cytherea (Tivela) alucinans G. B. Sowerby III, 1897 represented as Tivela natalensis Dunker, 1864

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Tivela Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 152 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cytherea (Tivela) Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572573 on 2026-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-05-20 07:45:46Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2011-05-24 11:36:30Z

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Tran, Bastien

2011-05-26 11:34:03Z

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Tran, Bastien

2012-10-10 20:01:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-01-08 19:16:37Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2013-09-29 16:37:50Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2026-05-31 20:34:12Z

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Schneider, Simon

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Nomenclature

original description (of Tivela Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 152 [details]

basis of record Römer E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer Venus-Arten. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 148-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919707
page(s): 148 [details]

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