Fulvia is a
genus
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of cockles, marine
bivalve molluscs
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in the
family
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Cardiidae
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. Most
species
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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''
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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
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(Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
** ''
Fulvia kaarei''
ter Poorten & Hylleberg, 2017
**''
Fulvia laevigata''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
**''
Fulvia mutica''
(Reeve, 1844)
**''
Fulvia natalensis''
(Krauss, 1848)
** ''
Fulvia nienkeae''
ter Poorten, 2012
** ''
Fulvia scalata''
Vidal, 1994
**''
Fulvia tenuicostata''
(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