Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combinations: Lucina (Lucinisca) nuttalliii, Lucina (Myrtea) nuttallii, Lucina nuttalli, Lucinisca nuttallii, Phacoides (Lucinisca) nuttallii, Phacoides nuttalli, Phacoides nuttallii

Synonyms: Lucina (Lucinisca) nuttalliii antecedens Arnold 1907, Phacoides antecedens Arnold 1907, Phacoides nuttalli antecedens Arnold 1907

Belongs to Lucinisca according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Addicott and Emerson 1959, Adegoke 1969, Ashley 1895, Beal 1948, Coan et al. 2000, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Loel and Corey 1932, Moore 1988 and Powell 2008

Sister taxa: Lucina (Lucinisca) fausta, Lucina (Lucinisca) fluctivaga, Lucina (Lucinisca) menuda, Lucina (Lucinisca) varisculpta, Lucinisca bocasensis, Lucinisca calhounensis, Lucinisca centrifuga, Lucinisca costaricensis, Lucinisca cribrarius, Lucinisca fenestrata, Lucinisca hispaniolana, Lucinisca mirandana, Lucinisca muricata, Lucinisca nassula, Lucinisca protista

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (8 collections), United States (56: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)

• Pliocene of United States (14: California)

• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (3: California)

Total: 84 collections each including a single occurrence

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