†Tivelina Cossmann 1886 (venus clam)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Pitaria (Tivelina)
Parent taxon: Meretricinae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
Sister taxa: Cytherea, Cytheriopsis, Gouldiini, Grateloupia, Meretricini, Meretrix, Tivela
Subtaxa: Tivelina analoga, Tivelina baudoni, Tivelina capsuloides, Tivelina coislinensis, Tivelina deltoidea, Tivelina dixoni, Tivelina gibbosula, Tivelina nuculoides, Tivelina parameces, Tivelina rustica, Tivelina siliqua, Tivelina sphenarium, Tivelina subquadrangularis, Tivelina tellinaria, Tivelina vincentiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder