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Fulvia (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Fulvia

Higher classification
  
Cockle

Order
  
Veneroida

Family
  
Cardiidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Fulvia (genus)

Similar
  
Cockle, Bivalvia, Molluscs, Fulvia mutica, Lunulicardia

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.

Species

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

  • 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 fragilis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
  • Fulvia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Fulvia mutica (Reeve, 1844)
  • Fulvia natalense (Krauss, 1848)
  • Fulvia tenuicostata (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Fulvia vepris Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
  • Subgenus Laevifulvia
  • Fulvia hungerfordi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1901)
  • Fulvia lineonotata Vidal, 1994
  • Fulvia subquadrata Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
  • Fulvia undatopicta (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Unallocated
  • Fulvia papyracea (Bruguière, 1789)

    • References

    Fulvia (genus) Wikipedia
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