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Divaricella

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287371	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287371
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17586	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17586

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Divaricella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Divaricella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Lucinidia	Gray 1854
order	Lucinida
superfamily	Lucinoidea	Fleming 1828
family	Lucinidae	Fleming 1828
genus	Divaricella	Martens 1880

Scientific Name

Divaricella Martens, 1880

Name Published In

in Moebius, Beitr. Meeresfauna Mauritius, u. Seychellen

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Divaricella	genus	belongs to Lucinidae	stated with evidence	Glenn, 1904
Divaricella	genus	belongs to Divaricellinae	stated with evidence	Cox et al., 1969
Divaricella	genus	belongs to Lucinidae	stated without evidence	da Silva Forti, 1969
Divaricella	genus	belongs to Divaricellinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Divaricella	genus	belongs to Divaricellinae	stated without evidence	Dockery, 1982
Divaricella	genus	belongs to Lucinidae	stated with evidence	Beu et al., 1990
Divaricella	genus	belongs to Lucinidae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Divaricella	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Divaricella	genus	belongs to Lucinidae	stated with evidence	von Cosel, 2006
Divaricella	genus	belongs to Divaricellinae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (38%)

First Recorded Appearance

61.6 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

chemosymbiotic

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DC according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Lucinidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Divaricella (Divaricella) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		14	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Divaricella (Egracina) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Divaricella angulifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Divaricella chavani species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Divaricella comis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Divaricella compsa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Divaricella cumulata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Divaricella dentata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Divaricella irpex species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Divaricella macandreae species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Divaricella occidua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Divaricella oppenheimi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Divaricella ornatissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Divaricella prevaricata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Divaricella seychellensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Divaricella waltonia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Davaricella Woodring, 1925	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : *Davaricella*
Divarecella	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : *Divarecella*
Egracina Chavan, 1951	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : *Egracina*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1880	Divaricella Martens
1904	Divaricella Glenn p. 340
1969	Divaricella Cox et al. p. 506
1969	Divaricella da Silva Forti p. 80
1980	Divaricella Vokes p. 104
1982	Divaricella Dockery p. 60

Year	Name and Author
1982	Divaricella Woodring p. 624
1990	Divaricella Beu et al. p. 396
1992	Divaricella Lamprell and Whitehead p. 48
2002	Divaricella Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Divaricella von Cosel p. 845
2010	Divaricella Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Cox L. R., Newell N. D., et al (1969) Mollusca 6: Bivalvia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 N, N491-N952

da Silva Forti I. R. (1969) Cenozoic Mollusks from the drillholes Cassino and Palmares do Sul of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul, Iheringia Geologia 2, 55-155

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

von Cosel R. (2006) Taxonomy of tropical West African bivalves. VI. Remarks on Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia), with description of six new genera and eight new species, Zoosystema 28 4, 805-851

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Moebius, Beitr. Meeresfauna Mauritius, u. Seychellen - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Taylor J.D. & Glover E.A. (2016). Lucinid bivalves of Guadeloupe: diversity and systematics in the context of the tropical Western Atlantic (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae). Zootaxa. 4196(3): 301-380. - via World Register of Marine Species

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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