Dallina

Genus of brachiopods

Dallina

Temporal range: Miocene–Recent

PreꞒ

Dallina septigera, 23mm wide, recent
Scientific classification
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Animalia

Phylum:  |

Brachiopoda

Class:  |

Rhynchonellata

Order:  |

Terebratulida

Suborder:  |

Terebratellidina

Superfamily:  |

Terebratelloidea

Family:  |

Dallinidae

Genus:  |

Dallina

Beecher, 1893

Species

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Dallina is a genus of small to average size lampshells (maximum 35 millimetres or 1.4 inches long).[1] It is known since the Miocene.

## Description

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Small to large, triangular to subquadrangular in outline; rectimarginate to paraplicate; beak erect, without beak ridges; foramen small to large, mesothyrid, attrite, symphytium concave. Hinge teeth small, weak; pedicle collar very short. Cardinalia lamellar with excavate inner and outer hinge plates separated by narrow crural bases; inner hinge plates converging on median septum to form V-shaped septalium; cardinal process not differentiated; median septum low anteriorly, extending beyond midvalve; adult loop teloform.[2]

* Dallina septigera, brachial valve, 24mm long, near the Philippines

* pedicle valve

* anterior view

* interior view

* lateral view

## Taxonomy

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Nine extant species are recognized (though one has recently been synonymized),[3] these are listed below:

* Dallina septigera (Lovén, 1845), Type species of genus, from northeastern Atlantic.[4]
* Dallina elongata Hatai, 1940, recorded from Sea of Japan.[4]
* Dallina eltanini Foster, 1974, southern Pacific, near Antarctica.[4]
* Dallina floridana (Pourtalès, 1867), recorded from the Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas.[4]
* Dallina obessa Yabe & Hatai, 1934, recorded from Sea of Japan.[4]
* Dallina parva Cooper, 1981, recorded from northeast Atlantic (Bay of Biscay).[4][5]
* Dallina profundis Konjukova, 1957 (junior synonym of Glaciarcula spitzbergensis[6])
* Dallina raphaelis (Dall, 1970), recorded from off Japan.[4]
* Dallina tasmaniaensis Verhoeff, 2023, southeastern Australia.[6]
* Dallina triangularis Yabe & Hatai, 1934, recorded from off Japan and possibly Lau Ridge.[4][6]

## References

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1. ^ Atkins, D. (1960). "A note on Dallina septigera (Lovèn), (Brachiopoda, Dallinidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 3 (1): 91–99\. doi:10.1017/s0025315400013126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29.
2. ^ Moore, R.C. (1965). Brachiopoda. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. Part H., Volume 2. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. H835. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.
3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dallina Beecher, 1893". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h Zezina, ON (2010). "Check-list of Holocene brachiopods annotated with geographical ranges of species". Paleontological Journal. 4: 1176–1199.
5. ^ Cooper, GA (1981). "Brachiopoda from the Gulf of Gascogne, France (Recent)". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 44: 1–35.
6. ^ a b c Verhoeff, Tristan Joseph (2023). "New records and descriptions of recent Australian brachiopods (Terebratulida, Dallinidae and Aulocothyropsidae; and Rhynchonellida, Frieleiidae)". Australian Journal of Taxonomy. 11: 1–29.

Taxon identifiers

Dallina|

* Wikidata: Q3542846
* Wikispecies: Dallina
* CoL: 87FFD
* GBIF: 2252502
* IRMNG: 1298405
* ITIS: 156831
* NBN: NBNSYS0000181135
* NCBI: 763151
* NZOR: 575073ab-e76d-4922-b9e7-2c9e192d92f2
* Open Tree of Life: 749564
* Paleobiology Database: 30130
* WoRMS: 104041