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Bivalvia Veneroida Lucinidae 

Divaricella irplex (E.A. Smith, 1885)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Lucina (Codakia) ruppelli auct.
   Lucina quadrisulcata auct.
   Lucina ornata Reeve, 1850
   Divaricella angulifera von Martens, 1880
   Divaricella irpex Smith, 1885

Distribution

northern australia, from Western Australia (Shark Bay) to Queensland

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 110 m ]
depth: intertidal [ from 1 m ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habit: burrowing, infaunal 
substrate: in sand 

References

 Dekker, H. & Goud, J. 1994. p.127-128 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.48, pl. 22, fig. 143 [ as Divaricella ornata ]  General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.97 [ pl.19 as Egracina ornata ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Lucinoidea
                  Lucinidae Fleming, 1828
                    Divaricella Martens, 1880
                      Divaricella irplex (E.A. Smith, 1885)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=63611) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-01-30. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-02-06.