Species Divaricella irpex (E.A. Smith, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lucina (Divaricella) irpex Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [176, pl. 13, figs 4, 4a].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.2.9.2765, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.
• Lucina ornata Reeve, L.A. 1850. Monograph of the genus Lucina. pls 1-11 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 6. [pl.8, fig.48] [junior homonym; not Lucina ornata Agassiz, 1845].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1963.186, none.

 

Generic Combinations

• Divaricella irplex (E.A. Smith, 1885). —
  Dekker, H. & Goud, J. 1994. Review of the living Indo-West-Pacific species of Divaricella sensu auct. with descriptions of two new species and a summary of the species from other regions (Part 1). Vita Marina 42(4): 115-136 [127]
• Divaricella ornata (Reeve, 1850). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 22, fig. 143]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

From 1 m.

 

General References

Dekker, H. & Goud, J. 1994. Review of the living Indo-West-Pacific species of Divaricella sensu auct. with descriptions of two new species and a summary of the species from other regions (Part 1). Vita Marina 42(4): 115-136 [127-128]

Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. 2007. Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema 29(1): 109-181 [177]

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [82, 3 text figs; on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [48, pl. 22, fig. 143]

Meyer, E., Nilkerd, B., Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. 2008. Ecological importance of chemoautotrophic lucinid bivalves in a peri-mangrove community in eastern Thailand. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 18: 41-55 (included in study)

Taylor, J. 2010. Divaricella irpex (Smith, 1885). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464143 (Accessed on 2015-12-14)

Taylor, J.D. & Glover, E.A. 2006. Lucinidae (Bivalvia) – the most diverse group of chemosymbiotic molluscs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148(3): 421-438 (included in review)

Williams, S.T., Taylor, J.D. & Glover, E.A. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the Lucinoidea (Bivalvia): non-monophyly and separate acquisition of bacterial chemosymbiosis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 70(2): 187-202 (included in analysis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		31-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	LUCINOIDEA	04-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		26-Nov-2013	MODIFIED