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Divaricella (Egracina) dentata

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina dentata was named by Woods (1815) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Florida-Mexico, Bermuda.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Divaricella (Egracina).

It was recombined as Divaricella (Egracina) dentata by Chavan (1951) and Cox et al. (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. notocenica, D. robertsi, D. waltonia, D. huttoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Tellina dentata Wood
1815Tellina dentata Woods
1951Divaricella (Egracina) dentata Chavan
1969Divaricella (Egracina) dentata Cox et al. p. 506

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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
genusDivaricellaMartens 1880
subgenusEgracinaChavan 1951
speciesdentata(Woods 1815)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available