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Divalinga

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Synonyms
  • Cyclas was named by Klein (1853). It is extant.

    It was reranked as Lucina (Cyclas) by Meyer (1886); it was replaced with Divalinga by Taylor and Glover (2021).

    It was assigned to Lucina by Meyer (1886).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Cyclas Klein
1886Lucina (Cyclas) Meyer p. 81
1951Divalinga Chavan
1969Divalinga Cox et al. p. 506
1976Divaricella (Divalinga) Bretsky p. 309
1980Divalinga Vokes p. 104
1982Divaricella (Divalinga) Dockery p. 60
1987Divalinga Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1988Divalinga Moore p. D22
1994Divalinga Dekker and Gould
1995Divalinga Pacaud and Le Renard
2002Divalinga Sepkoski
2021Divalinga Taylor and Glover p. 199

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusDivalingaChavan 1951

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Divalinga Chavan 1951
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Subg. †Divalinga (Divalinga) Chavan 1951
Subg. †Divalinga (Stchepinskya) Chavan 1951
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†Divalinga chavani Glibert 1985
Divalinga eburnea Reeve 1850
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Invalid names: Divaricella columbiensis Lamy 1934 [synonym], Divaricella lucasana Dall and Oschner 1928 [synonym]
Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846
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Invalid names: Lucina americana Adams 1852 [synonym], Lucina divaricata Linnaeus 1758 [replaced], Lucina pilula Adams 1852 [synonym], Lucina strigilla Stimpson 1851 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cyclas Klein 1853 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DC according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 13:59:30
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 139.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.6 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Germany Cyclas sp. (95087)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Cyclas sp. (170624)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India Stchepinskya taeniolata (1351)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium D. chavani (77608 77611)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) D. chavani (3257)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) D. serrata (8124 8125)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France D. rigaultiana (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Divaricella rigaulti (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Divaricella rigaultiana (42648)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cyclas bristovii (40269) Cyclas sp. (39664) Strigilla rigaultiana (42586)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cyclas exigua (39643)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy D. ornata (81044)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Divaricella subrigaultiana (5942 5943 5944)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) D. sp. (236357)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Bulgaria D. ornata (60288)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) D. sp. (52183)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland D. ornata (51691)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Lucina americana (55396)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) D. waltoniana (80018)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic D. quadrisulcata (74912)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Divaricella quadrisulcata (130981)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic D. quadrisulcata (75042)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) D. eburnea (96549 96550) Divaricella eburnea (96539 96543 96546)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) D. quadrisulcata (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Divaricella quadrisulcata (75023)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Divaricella lucasana (66795) Divaricella quadrisulcata (134657)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Divaricella quadrisulcata, D. prolelaria, D. prevaricata, D. sp. (69093)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Divaricella quadrisulcata (131237) Divaricella quadrisulcata, Divaricella weberi (131210) Divaricella weberi (131217)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (South Carolina) Divaricella quadrisulcata (92412)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) D. quadrisulcata (79247 80040)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Divaricella quadrisulcata (134653)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ecuador (Manabi) Divaricella lucasana (51878)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) Lucina quadrisulcata (59292)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) D. quadrisulcata (80033 80034 80035)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Divaricella quadrisulcata (60884 60885)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) D. quadrisulcata (80053)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Divaricella quadrisulcata (66612 66614 66617 66618 66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Divaricella quadrisulcata (101634)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador D. eburnea (62040)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Divaricella quadrisulcata (80676)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Divaricella quadrisulcata (67961)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) D. quadrisulcata (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Cyclas sp. (101394)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. quadrisulcata (96538) Divaricella quadrisulcata (34269 61311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Divaricella lucasana (89597)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) D. quadrisulcata (79705 79706 79707) D. quadrisulcatus (69046) Divaricella quadrisulcata (60928 60929 66755 66756 66758 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Divaricella quadrisulcata (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Divaricella quadrisulcata (80835 80837 80853)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Divaricella quadrisulcata (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) D. sp. (63351)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Divaricella quadrisulcata (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) D. quadrisulcata (57702 57705 57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) D. quadrisulcatus (69045) D. sp. (69047) Divaricella quadrisulcata (66742 66747 66748 66749)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Divaricella quadrisulcata (20604 20606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Divaricella quadrisulcata (66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Divaricella quadrisulcata (67965 67967)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Cyclas pusilla (152473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Divaricella quadrisulcata (96787)