WoRMS taxon details
Acila divaricata (Hinds, 1843)
506569 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506569)
accepted
Species
Acila (Acila) divaricata (Hinds, 1843) · alternative representation
Acila (Acila) vengeriana Lautenschläger, 1967 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acila divaricata balabacensis Schenck, 1936 · unaccepted
Nucula (Acila) divaricata Hinds, 1843 · unaccepted
Nucula divaricata Hinds, 1843 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Acila divaricata balabacensis Schenck, 1936 accepted as Acila divaricata (Hinds, 1843)
- Variety Acila divaricata var. vigilia Schenck, 1936 accepted as Acila vigilia Schenck, 1936
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Nucula divaricata Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new species of <i>Nucula</i>, from the collections of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., and Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 97–101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680075
page(s): 97. [details]
page(s): 97. [details]
Type locality contained in China Sea
type locality contained in China Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acila divaricata (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506569 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nucula divaricata Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new species of <i>Nucula</i>, from the collections of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., and Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 97–101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680075
page(s): 97. [details]
original description (of Acila divaricata balabacensis Schenck, 1936) Schenck, H. G. (1936). Nuculid bivalves of the genus <i>Acila</i>. Geological Society of America, Special Papers, 4: i-vi, 1-149; pl. 1-18.
page(s): 102, pl. 18 fig. 10-12 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Acila (Acila) vengeriana Lautenschläger, 1967 †) Slodkewitsch [= Slodkevich], V. S. (1967). Третичные Acila Сахалина [= The Tertiary Acila of Sakhalin]. <em>Moscow: Nauka Publishers.</em> 79 pp.
page(s): 20, pl. III, fig. 2, 3 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 97. [details]
original description (of Acila divaricata balabacensis Schenck, 1936) Schenck, H. G. (1936). Nuculid bivalves of the genus <i>Acila</i>. Geological Society of America, Special Papers, 4: i-vi, 1-149; pl. 1-18.
page(s): 102, pl. 18 fig. 10-12 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Acila (Acila) vengeriana Lautenschläger, 1967 †) Slodkewitsch [= Slodkevich], V. S. (1967). Третичные Acila Сахалина [= The Tertiary Acila of Sakhalin]. <em>Moscow: Nauka Publishers.</em> 79 pp.
page(s): 20, pl. III, fig. 2, 3 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Zhang J.L. [Junlong], Shi H.F [Huafeng], Xu F.S. [Fengshan] & Sha Z.L. [Zhongli]. (2014). Are <i>Acila divaricata</i> and <i>Acila mirabilis</i> one species or two
distinct species? Evidence from COI mitochondrial DNA. <em>J. Ocean Univ. China (Oceanic and Coastal Sea Research).</em> 13: 283-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-014-2139-y [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lisitsyna, K. N. & Kamenev, G. M. (2024). New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands (northwestern Pacific Ocean): A study of materials collected over 70 years of expeditions (from 1949 to 2019). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5523(2): 231-253., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.6
page(s): 235, figs 2A-B [details]

additional source Lisitsyna, K. N. & Kamenev, G. M. (2024). New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands (northwestern Pacific Ocean): A study of materials collected over 70 years of expeditions (from 1949 to 2019). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5523(2): 231-253., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.6
page(s): 235, figs 2A-B [details]





To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Nucula divaricata Hinds, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acila divaricata)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acila divaricata (Hinds, 1843) Japan, Aichi, Mikawa, by trawling, at 55-9 m depth, ...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acila Acila divaricata balabacensis Holotype USNM 406504) (from synonym Acila divaricata balabacensis Schenck, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Acila divaricata balabacensis Schenck, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Nucula divaricata Hinds, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acila divaricata)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acila divaricata (Hinds, 1843) Japan, Aichi, Mikawa, by trawling, at 55-9 m depth, ...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acila Acila divaricata balabacensis Holotype USNM 406504) (from synonym Acila divaricata balabacensis Schenck, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Acila divaricata balabacensis Schenck, 1936)
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Hosted externally, from synonym