WoRMS taxon details
Divalucina cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
464139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464139)
accepted
Species
Divalucina entypoma Cotton, 1947 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Divaricella (Divalucina) huttoniana (Vanatta, 1901) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Divaricella cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Divaricella huttoniana (Vanatta, 1901) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Divaricella notocenica L. C. King, 1933 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Lucina (Cyclas) cumingi A. Adams & Angas, 1864 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Lucina (Divaricella) huttoniana Vanatta, 1901 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Divalucina cumingi bardwelli Iredale, 1936 accepted as Divalinga bardwelli (Iredale, 1936) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine
recent + fossil
(of Lucina (Cyclas) cumingi A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of shells from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1863): 418-428, pl. 37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681772
page(s): 426, pl. 37, fig. 20 [details]
page(s): 426, pl. 37, fig. 20 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Great Australian...
type locality contained in Australian part of the Great Australian Bight (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
type locality contained in Gulf of St. Vincent [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Gulf of St. Vincent [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Divalucina cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464139 on 2026-05-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lucina (Cyclas) cumingi A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of shells from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1863): 418-428, pl. 37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681772
page(s): 426, pl. 37, fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Lucina (Divaricella) huttoniana Vanatta, 1901) Vanatta, E. G. (1901). New marine mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 53(1): 182-187, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26290151
page(s): 184-185, pl. 5, figs 14,15 [details]
original description (of Divaricella notocenica L. C. King, 1933 †) King, L. C. (1933). Tertiary molluscan faunas from the southern Wairarapa. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 63: 334-354.
page(s): 353 [details]
original description (of Divalucina entypoma Cotton, 1947) Cotton, B. C. (1947). Some Tertiary fossil molluscs from the Adelaidean stage (Pliocene) of South Australia. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 8: 653-670., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40996148
page(s): 663 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 426, pl. 37, fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Lucina (Divaricella) huttoniana Vanatta, 1901) Vanatta, E. G. (1901). New marine mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 53(1): 182-187, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26290151
page(s): 184-185, pl. 5, figs 14,15 [details]
original description (of Divaricella notocenica L. C. King, 1933 †) King, L. C. (1933). Tertiary molluscan faunas from the southern Wairarapa. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 63: 334-354.
page(s): 353 [details]
original description (of Divalucina entypoma Cotton, 1947) Cotton, B. C. (1947). Some Tertiary fossil molluscs from the Adelaidean stage (Pliocene) of South Australia. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 8: 653-670., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40996148
page(s): 663 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Other
additional source
Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 154, figs 71a-e [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.02
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 154, figs 71a-e [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.02
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 63758)
To Conchology (Divalucina cumingi GIANT)
To Conchology (Divalucina cumingi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Divalucina cumingi)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Divalucina cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) New Zealand, Nelson, Pakawau Beach, ex c...
To Malacopics (Divalucina cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) New Zealand, Nelson, Pakawau Beach, wash...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Conchology (Divalucina cumingi GIANT)
To Conchology (Divalucina cumingi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Divalucina cumingi)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Divalucina cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) New Zealand, Nelson, Pakawau Beach, ex c...
To Malacopics (Divalucina cumingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) New Zealand, Nelson, Pakawau Beach, wash...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection