Fulvia (bivalve)

Fulvia is a genus of cockles, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. Most species are found in the Indo-Pacific and in Australian waters.[1]

Fulvia
Fulvia mutica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Cardioidea
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Fulvia
Gray, 1853 [1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Cardium (Fulvia) Gray, 1853
  • Fulvia (Fulvia) Gray, 1853· accepted, alternate representation
  • Fulvia (Laevifulvia) Vidal, 1994

Species

The genus includes the following species according to the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

  • Subgenus Fulvia
    • Fulvia aperta (Bruguière, 1789)
    • Fulvia australis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
    • Fulvia boholensis Vidal, 1994
    • Fulvia colorata Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
    • Fulvia dulcis (Deshayes, 1863)
    • Fulvia fragiformis Vidal, 1994
    • Fulvia fragilis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
    • Fulvia kaarei ter Poorten & Hylleberg, 2017
    • Fulvia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Fulvia mutica (Reeve, 1844)
    • Fulvia natalensis (Krauss, 1848)
    • Fulvia nienkeae ter Poorten, 2012
    • Fulvia scalata Vidal, 1994
    • Fulvia tenuicostata (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Subgenus Laevifulvia
    • Fulvia hungerfordi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1901)
    • Fulvia lineonotata Vidal, 1994
    • Fulvia subquadrata Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
    • Fulvia undatopicta (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Synonyms:
    • Fulvia vepris Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007: synonym of Europicardium vepris (Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007)
    • Fulvia papyracea (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of Fulvia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. Fulvia - Gray, 1853 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-10-21.

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