Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Divalinga eburnea (Reeve, 1850)

lucina marfil, Ivory lucine

Length: 27 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), Intertidal and subtidal.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Bivalvia

Order
Lucinida

Superfamily
Lucinoidea

Family
Lucinidae

Genus
Divalinga

Species
eburnea

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Divaricella lucasana Dall & Ochsner, 1928 (Pleistocene), unnecessary new name, as Divalinga eburnea (Reeve) is not preoccupied by Lucina eburnea Deshayes, 1835, a nomen nudum; ANSP: 170340, CAS: 2966 (Holotype of Divaricella lucasana Dall & Ochsner, Pleistocene), CDRS: 630, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: California to Perú and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Divalinga eburnea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8615. Accessed 30 October 2026.