Fulvia is a
genus
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of cockles, marine
bivalve
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molluscs in the
family
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Cardiidae. Most
species
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are found in the
Indo-Pacific
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and in Australian waters.
Species
The genus includes the following species according to the World Register of Marine Species:
*Subgenus ''Fulvia''
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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 fragiformis''
Vidal, 1994
**''
Fulvia fragilis''
(Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
** ''
Fulvia kaarei''
ter Poorten & Hylleberg, 2017
**''
Fulvia laevigata
Fulvia (; c. 83 BC – 40 BC) was an aristocratic Roman woman who lived during the Late Roman Republic. Fulvia's birth into an important political dynasty facilitated her relationships and, later on, marriages to Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaiu ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
**''
Fulvia mutica''
(Reeve, 1844)
**''
Fulvia natalensis''
(Krauss, 1848)
** ''
Fulvia nienkeae''
ter Poorten, 2012
** ''
Fulvia scalata''
Vidal, 1994
**''
Fulvia tenuicostata
Fulvia (; c. 83 BC – 40 BC) was an aristocratic Roman woman who lived during the Late Roman Republic. Fulvia's birth into an important political dynasty facilitated her relationships and, later on, marriages to Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gai ...
''
(Lamarck, 1819)
*Subgenus ''Laevifulvia''
**''
Fulvia hungerfordi''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1901)
**''
Fulvia lineonotata''
Vidal, 1994
**''
Fulvia subquadrata''
Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007
**''
Fulvia undatopicta''
(Pilsbry, 1904)
* Synonyms:
**''Fulvia vepris''
Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007: synonym of ''
Europicardium vepris''
(Vidal & Kirkendale, 2007)
**''Fulvia papyracea''
(Bruguière, 1789): synonym of ''Fulvia laevigata''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
References
{{Commons category, Fulvia (genus)}
Cardiidae
Bivalve genera