Fulvia (genus)
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Fulvia is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of cockles, marine bivalve
Bivalvia
Bivalvia is a taxonomic class of marine and freshwater molluscs. This class includes clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, and many other families of molluscs that have two hinged shells...

 molluscs
Mollusca
The Mollusca , common name molluscs or mollusksSpelled mollusks in the USA, see reasons given in Rosenberg's ; for the spelling mollusc see the reasons given by , is a large phylum of invertebrate animals. There are around 85,000 recognized extant species of molluscs. Mollusca is the largest...

 in the family
Family (biology)
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 Cardiidae. Most species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 are found in the Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...

 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)
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