| Tivela
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| The outside of one valve of Tivela ponderosa
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Bivalvia
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| Order:
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Venerida
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| Family:
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Veneridae
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| Genus:
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Tivela
Link, 1815
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| Species
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See text
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| Synonyms
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- Cytherea (Tivela) Link, 1807
- Eutivela Dall, 1891 (junior synonym)
- Mactra (Trigonella) Conrad, 1837
- Meretrix (Eutivela) Dall, 1891 (junior synonym)
- Pachydesma Conrad, 1854
- Planitivela Olsson, 1961
- Tivela (Eutivela) Dall, 1891 · alternate representation
- Tivela (Pachydesma) Conrad, 1854 · alternate representation
- Tivela (Planitivela) Olsson, 1961 · alternate representation
- Tivela (Tivela) Link, 1807 · alternate representation
- Trigonella Conrad, 1837
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Tivela is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Meretricinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.