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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. © rights reserved
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, from 0-530m
Type Data:
  • (no exact data) Auckland, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine
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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

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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