Volupia Defrance 1829 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Synonym: Gradilucina Cossmann 1902

Parent taxon: Lucininae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Callucina, Callucinopsis, Cavilucina, Epilucina, Hadralucina, Here, Linga, Loripes, Lucina, Luciniola, Mesolinga, Nevenulora, Phacoides, Plastomiltha, Recurvella, Saxolucina, Stewartia

Subtaxa: Volupia tabulata

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Type: Lucina tabulata

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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