Tawera

Short description: Genus of bivalves

Tawera

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

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

## 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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