Tawera

Tawera is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Veneridae.[1]

Tawera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Tawera
Marwick, 1927

Species

As of 2019, the accepted Tawera species (As listed on WoRMS) are as follows.[2]

  • Tawera australiana M. Huber, 2010
  • Tawera coelata (Menke, 1843)
  • Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Tawera gallinula (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Tawera lagopus (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Tawera laticostata (Odhner, 1917)
  • Tawera marionae Finlay, 1928
  • Tawera mawsoni (Hedley, 1916)
  • Tawera phenax (Finlay, 1930)
  • Tawera philomela (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Tawera rosa Powell, 1955
  • Tawera similicentrifuga (Viader, 1951)
  • Tawera sphaericula (Deshayes, 1853)
  • Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835)
  • Tawera torresiana (E. A. Smith, 1884)

References

  1. Beu, A. G. (2006-12-01). "Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 2. Biostratigraphically useful and new Pliocene to recent bivalves". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 36 (4): 151–338. doi:10.1080/03014223.2006.9517808. ISSN 0303-6758.
  2. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Tawera Marwick, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492473 on 2019-06-24
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