WoRMS taxon details
Dianadema B. Morton, 2003
379374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379374)
accepted
Genus
Clavagella (Dianadema) B. Morton, 2003 · unaccepted
- Species Dianadema ikebei B. Morton & Haga, 2014
- Species Dianadema japonica (T. Habe, 1981) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, primary homonym of Clavagella japonica Yokoyama, 1926)
- Species Dianadema minima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
- Species Dianadema mullerae (Kilburn, 1974)
- Species Dianadema multangularis (Tate, 1887)
- Species Dianadema torresi (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Dianadema mascarenensis P. G. Oliver & Holmes, 2004 accepted as Dianadema minima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
marine
Morton B. 2003. The biology and functional anatomy of <i>Dianadema</i> gen. nov. <i>mutangularis</i> (Tate, 1887) (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae). <i>Journal of Zoology</i>, London, 259: 389–401. [details]
Taxonomy In his overview paper, Morton (2007) separated off a family Penicillidae for Penicillus, Brechites, Foegia, Nipponoclava,...
Taxonomy In his overview paper, Morton (2007) separated off a family Penicillidae for Penicillus, Brechites, Foegia, Nipponoclava, Kendrickiana and Humphreyia, from the Clavagellidae containing the extinct genus Clavagella and the extant genera Dacosta, Bryopa, Dianadema and Stirpulina. The tube or "crypt" in which these taxa live in the sediment, or attached to shells, etc., is formed in quite different ways in the two families, and Morton (2007) suggested that they evolved from distinct lyonsiid ancestors. This vuew is disregarded by Huber (2010) who finds this splitting exaggerated and considers all the Clavagellidae sensu Morton (2007) as subgenera of Clavagella Lamarck, 1818 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dianadema B. Morton, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379374 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
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Morton B. 2003. The biology and functional anatomy of <i>Dianadema</i> gen. nov. <i>mutangularis</i> (Tate, 1887) (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae). <i>Journal of Zoology</i>, London, 259: 389–401. [details]
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additional source
Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 24 (1): 19-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(1).2007.019-064 [details]
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Taxonomy In his overview paper, Morton (2007) separated off a family Penicillidae for Penicillus, Brechites, Foegia, Nipponoclava, Kendrickiana and Humphreyia, from the Clavagellidae containing the extinct genus Clavagella and the extant genera Dacosta, Bryopa, Dianadema and Stirpulina. The tube or "crypt" in which these taxa live in the sediment, or attached to shells, etc., is formed in quite different ways in the two families, and Morton (2007) suggested that they evolved from distinct lyonsiid ancestors. This vuew is disregarded by Huber (2010) who finds this splitting exaggerated and considers all the Clavagellidae sensu Morton (2007) as subgenera of Clavagella Lamarck, 1818 [details]
