Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina pectinata
Synonym: Lucina jamaicensis Lamarck 1801
Belongs to Phacoides according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Hendy et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Phacoides (Bellucina), Phacoides (Phacoides), Phacoides andersoni, Phacoides californicus, Phacoides cerma, Phacoides eaglesomei, Phacoides eudaidalus, Phacoides hillsboroensis, Phacoides nocariensis, Phacoides ocalanus, Phacoides pacifica, Phacoides perovatus, Phacoides pullensis, Phacoides silicatus, Phacoides subrhomboidalis, Phacoides subsquamosa, Phacoides thalassogonus, Phacoides wacissanus, Phacoides woodi
Subtaxa: Phacoides pectinatus domingensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Colombia (1 collection), Cuba (1), Panama (2), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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