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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 2025-04-04
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original description
(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]
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