Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spelling: Divaricella (Divalinga)
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Cox et al. 1969, Dekker and Gould 1994, Dockery 1982, Moore 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Afrolucina, Anodontia, Armimiltha, Austriella, Barbierella, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Cavilinga, Chavania, Codakia, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Ctena, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Falsolucinoma, Ferrocina, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilioniinae, Illionia, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Lepilucina, Leucosphaera, Liralucina, Lucininae, Lucinoma, Maorithyas, Meganodontia, Megaxinus, Miltha, Milthinae, Milthona, Myrtea, Myrteinae, Myrtina, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Parvilucina, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Radiolucina, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Divalinga (Divalinga) Divalinga (Stchepinskya) Divalinga chavani Divalinga eburnea Divalinga quadrisulcata Divaricella (Divalinga) subrigaultiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), the Bahamas (3), Bermuda (3), Cayman Islands (3), Djibouti (1), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Haiti (2), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), United States (36: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3), Jamaica (1), United States (10: California, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Bulgaria (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Mexico (1), Poland (1), United States (2: Florida, Maryland), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (1), United States (3: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), France (2), the United Kingdom (5)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 96 collections including 100 occurrences
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