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Tivela transversa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
507954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507954)
accepted
Species
Cytherea (Tivela) transversa G. B. Sowerby III, 1897 · unaccepted (basionym)
Tivela petiti Dautzenberg, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cytherea (Tivela) transversa G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 23, pl. 7, figs 2, 3. [details]
page(s): 23, pl. 7, figs 2, 3. [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tivela transversa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507954 on 2025-09-11
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(of Tivela petiti Dautzenberg, 1929) Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Cytherea (Tivela) transversa G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 23, pl. 7, figs 2, 3. [details]
basis of record 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): 194 [details]
original description (of Cytherea (Tivela) transversa G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 23, pl. 7, figs 2, 3. [details]
basis of record 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): 194 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Conchology (Tivela transversa)
To Conchology (Tivela transversa)
To Conchology (Tivela transversa)
To Malacopics (Tivela transversa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Scottburgh, low tide, collected 1987, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Conchology (Tivela transversa)
To Conchology (Tivela transversa)
To Conchology (Tivela transversa)
To Malacopics (Tivela transversa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Scottburgh, low tide, collected 1987, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
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