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Divaricella

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Divaricella was named by Martens (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant. Its type is Divaricella angulifera.

It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Lucinidae by Glenn (1904), da Silva Forti (1969), Beu et al. (1990), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and von Cosel (2006); and to Divaricellinae by Cox et al. (1969), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Dockery (1982), Moore (1988) and Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Divaricella Martens
1904Divaricella Glenn p. 340
1969Divaricella Cox et al. p. 506
1969Divaricella da Silva Forti p. 80
1980Divaricella Vokes p. 104
1982Divaricella Dockery p. 60
1982Divaricella Woodring p. 624
1988Divaricella Moore p. D22
1990Divaricella Beu et al. p. 396
1992Divaricella Lamprell and Whitehead p. 48
2002Divaricella Sepkoski
2006Divaricella von Cosel p. 845
2010Divaricella Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusDivaricellaMartens 1880

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. Divaricella Martens 1880
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†Divaricella comis Olsson 1964
†Divaricella cumulata Gabb 1864
†Divaricella irpex Smith 1885
†Divaricella macandreae Adams 1870
†Divaricella oppenheimi Newton 1922
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 13:59:45
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Holocene or 61.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (112 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand D. sp. (64702)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Lucina cumulata (91476 207112 207115)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria D. oppenheimi (51240)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) D. cumulata (51952 202094)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (8047)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand D. notocenica (64751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) D. robertsi (41453 61109 92391)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) D. colvellensis (42649)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) D. sp. (41197)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Florida) D. sp. (60665 60968)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) D. sp. (205830)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03New Zealand (Waikato) D. sp. (45013)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand D. notocenica (67854)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama D. sp. (42556)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Southland) D. notocenica (50784)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) D. sp. (61120)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) D. ornata (74865)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama D. sp. (49492)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand D. huttoniana (146338)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Waikato) D. sp. (45004)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) D. castelensis (65162)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Dannevirke) D. sp. (35659 35660)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) D. chipolana (41760 42223 42225 42272 42290 42366 42367 42424 42443 42482 68971)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand D. notocenica (67900)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) D. notocenica (45182)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Puerto Rico D. prevaricata (80241)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) D. waltonia (42870 42872 42875 42884 43011 43014 43021 43024 43031 43048 111204 136943) D. waltoniana (68970 80021) D. waltonianum (43023)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic D. prevaricata (58817) D. proletaria (131370 131378)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Israel D. divaricata (99606)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco D. ornata (161327 173165)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) D. comis (145196 145355 145567) D. sp. (79985)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama D. comis (93164)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333New Zealand D. cumingi (45030)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador D. comis (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic D. praevaricata (58869) D. prevaricata (58824)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) D. comis (60640)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) D. divaricata (122994)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) D. sp. (41555)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic D. sp. (74968 93733)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) D. sp. (166744)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India D. rapa (77658)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. sp. (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica D. prevaricata (69093) D. previaricata (58522)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) D. juttingae (97968 98041)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) D. compsa (41501 41539 41718 79331 79336) D. sp. (41206)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mozambique D. mozambicensis (122947)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan D. ornata (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa D. liratula (122937 122940 122941 122943 122944)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen D. macandreae (55373 55376)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) D. sp. (41705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea D. ornata (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland D. divaricata (64001)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti D. macandreae (96787 96788 96789 96792)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) D. ornata (63318 63319 63320)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France D. divaricata (56803)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil D. sp. A (72122)