Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Codakia orbicularis, Venus orbicularis
Belongs to Codakia (Codakia) according to C. L. Powell 2008
See also Cox et al. 1969 and Hendy et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Codakia (Codakia) lomonea, Codakia (Codakia) spinulosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Bermuda (3), Cayman Islands (4), Colombia (1), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (7), Jamaica (2), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (9: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene of Colombia (5), the Dominican Republic (2), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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