WoRMS taxon details
Tivela compressa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
216602 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216602)
accepted
Species
Cytheraea compressa G. B. Sowerby II, 1851 · unaccepted
Cytherea ambigua (Deshayes, 1853) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tivela hartvigii Dunker, 1879 · unaccepted
Tivela tomlini Haughton, 1932 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trigona ambigua Deshayes, 1853 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Cytheraea compressa G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 616, pl. 128, figs. 33, 34 [details]
page(s): 616, pl. 128, figs. 33, 34 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tivela compressa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216602 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tivela hartvigii Dunker, 1879) Dunker, W. (1879). Mollusca quaedam nova. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 27 (3): 212-217, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15928267
page(s): 216 [details]
original description (of Tivela tomlini Haughton, 1932 †) Haughton, S.H. (1932). Late Tertiary and Recent deposits of the west coast of South Africa. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa.</em> 34: 19–57.
page(s): 36, pl. 4, figs 1, 2 [details]
original description (of Cytheraea compressa G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 616, pl. 128, figs. 33, 34 [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
page(s): 216 [details]
original description (of Tivela tomlini Haughton, 1932 †) Haughton, S.H. (1932). Late Tertiary and Recent deposits of the west coast of South Africa. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa.</em> 34: 19–57.
page(s): 36, pl. 4, figs 1, 2 [details]
original description (of Cytheraea compressa G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 616, pl. 128, figs. 33, 34 [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 193 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 193 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | streaked sand clam | [details] |
