WoRMS taxon details
Divalinga strigilla (W. Stimpson, 1851)
932495 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:932495)
accepted
Species
Lucina strigilla W. Stimpson, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Lucina strigilla W. Stimpson, 1851) Stimpson, W. (1851). <i>Shells of New England; a revision of the synonymy of the testaceous mollusks of New England, with notes on their structure and their geographical and bathymetrical distribution, with figures of new species</i>. Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston. 56 + [2] pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13065308
page(s): 17 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
Type locality contained in Nantucket Sound
type locality contained in Nantucket Sound [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Divalinga quadrisulcata is usually claimed as having a huge latitudinal range (ca 42°N to 27°S) in the north from Nahant,...
Taxonomy Divalinga quadrisulcata is usually claimed as having a huge latitudinal range (ca 42°N to 27°S) in the north from Nahant, Massachussets to Ilha de Santa Catarina in southern Brazil (Britton 1970; Bretsky 1975) including the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. However, we suspect that two similar species may be confounded together. Shells from the northern part of the range at localities along the eastern coast
of the USA from northern Florida to Massachussets differ from the syntypes and other Caribbean samples. The
divaricating ribs of the northern shells are narrower and more closely spaced (Fig. 24), the ligament and escutcheon
is relatively longer and straighter and the anterior adductor muscle scar is slightly less detached from the pallial
line. There is a name available for the northern form and this is Lucina strigilla Stimpson, 1851, described from
Nantucket, the type is lost but named specimens from North Carolina with labels in Stimpson’s handwriting exist in
the USNM 24669 and NHMUK 1861.6.15.5 (Fig. 24). The two putative species overlap in Florida; shells
conforming to D. quadrisulcata occur in the Florida Keys (NHMUK collections) and from Bahamas (Redfern
2013, fig. 1034). Further study of the species and with molecular sampling across the range is needed to confirm or
refute the existence of two species. (Taylor & Glover 2016) [details]
of the USA from northern Florida to Massachussets differ from the syntypes and other Caribbean samples. The
divaricating ribs of the northern shells are narrower and more closely spaced (Fig. 24), the ligament and escutcheon
is relatively longer and straighter and the anterior adductor muscle scar is slightly less detached from the pallial
line. There is a name available for the northern form and this is Lucina strigilla Stimpson, 1851, described from
Nantucket, the type is lost but named specimens from North Carolina with labels in Stimpson’s handwriting exist in
the USNM 24669 and NHMUK 1861.6.15.5 (Fig. 24). The two putative species overlap in Florida; shells
conforming to D. quadrisulcata occur in the Florida Keys (NHMUK collections) and from Bahamas (Redfern
2013, fig. 1034). Further study of the species and with molecular sampling across the range is needed to confirm or
refute the existence of two species. (Taylor & Glover 2016) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Divalinga strigilla (W. Stimpson, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932495 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lucina strigilla W. Stimpson, 1851) Stimpson, W. (1851). <i>Shells of New England; a revision of the synonymy of the testaceous mollusks of New England, with notes on their structure and their geographical and bathymetrical distribution, with figures of new species</i>. Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston. 56 + [2] pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13065308
page(s): 17 [details]
basis of record Taylor J.D. & Glover E.A. (2016). Lucinid bivalves of Guadeloupe: diversity and systematics in the context of the tropical Western Atlantic (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4196(3): 301-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4196.3.1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 17 [details]
basis of record Taylor J.D. & Glover E.A. (2016). Lucinid bivalves of Guadeloupe: diversity and systematics in the context of the tropical Western Atlantic (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4196(3): 301-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4196.3.1 [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): 199, fig. 92e [details]
page(s): 199, fig. 92e [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Divalinga quadrisulcata is usually claimed as having a huge latitudinal range (ca 42°N to 27°S) in the north from Nahant, Massachussets to Ilha de Santa Catarina in southern Brazil (Britton 1970; Bretsky 1975) including the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. However, we suspect that two similar species may be confounded together. Shells from the northern part of the range at localities along the eastern coastof the USA from northern Florida to Massachussets differ from the syntypes and other Caribbean samples. The
divaricating ribs of the northern shells are narrower and more closely spaced (Fig. 24), the ligament and escutcheon
is relatively longer and straighter and the anterior adductor muscle scar is slightly less detached from the pallial
line. There is a name available for the northern form and this is Lucina strigilla Stimpson, 1851, described from
Nantucket, the type is lost but named specimens from North Carolina with labels in Stimpson’s handwriting exist in
the USNM 24669 and NHMUK 1861.6.15.5 (Fig. 24). The two putative species overlap in Florida; shells
conforming to D. quadrisulcata occur in the Florida Keys (NHMUK collections) and from Bahamas (Redfern
2013, fig. 1034). Further study of the species and with molecular sampling across the range is needed to confirm or
refute the existence of two species. (Taylor & Glover 2016) [details]
