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Taxonomy
Byssoarca divaricata was named by Sowerby (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Arca divaricata by Reeve (1844) and Vredenburg (1928).
It was recombined as Arca divaricata by Reeve (1844) and Vredenburg (1928).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bellonii, A. bravoensis, A. cancellata, A. carinata, A. gurgitis, A. limatella, A. macnairyensis, A. montensis, A. nana, A. pakistanica, A. pergracilis, A. securiculata, A. tailleburgensis, A. triasina, A. halmyrus, A. montensis, A. fruthi, A. stillicidum, A. mikkula, A. waltonia, A. fracta, A. gabrielis, A. veatchi
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1833 | Byssoarca divaricata Sowerby p. 18 |
| 1844 | Arca divaricata Reeve p. 108 |
| 1928 | Arca divaricata Vredenburg p. 415 |
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Arca divaricata Sowerby 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Pakistan | Arca divaricata (77444) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Tonga | Arca divaricata (96472) |