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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LUCINIDAE: CODAKIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Lucinoidea (Superfamily)
> Lucinidae (Family)
> Codakiinae (Subfamily)
> Divalucina (Genus)
> cumingi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Divalucina entypoma Cotton, 1947
=Divaricella cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
=Divaricella huttoniana (Vanatta, 1901)
=Divaricella notocenica L.C. King, 1933
=Lucina (Cyclas) cumingi A. Adams & Angas, 1864
=Lucina (Divaricella) huttoniana Vanatta, 1901
Images: Divalucina cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
In beach drift, south New Brighton, Christchurch, NZ. 31mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LUCINIDAE: CODAKIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Lucinoidea (Superfamily)
> Lucinidae (Family)
> Codakiinae (Subfamily)
> Divalucina (Genus)
> cumingi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Divalucina entypoma Cotton, 1947
=Divaricella cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
=Divaricella huttoniana (Vanatta, 1901)
=Divaricella notocenica L.C. King, 1933
=Lucina (Cyclas) cumingi A. Adams & Angas, 1864
=Lucina (Divaricella) huttoniana Vanatta, 1901
Details: Divalucina cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Size/Grows to:
Height 40mm, Width 35mm. with records over 45mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank. 0-530 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.386)
  • Luckens, P.A. 1972 Distribution of Divaricella huttoniana (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae) in the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 6(3) (p.259)
  • Adams, A., Angas, G.F. 1864 Descriptions of new species of shells from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (p.426) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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