Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Lucina contracta, Phacoides (Lucinoma) contracta
Belongs to Lucinoma according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Glenn 1904 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Lucinoma (Lucinoma), Lucinoma acutilineata, Lucinoma aequizonata, Lucinoma annulatum, Lucinoma chiripanica, Lucinoma columbiana, Lucinoma filosa, Lucinoma hannibali, Lucinoma nagaoi, Lucinoma persolida, Lucinoma playaensis, Lucinoma promaucana, Lucinoma subcalcareous, Lucinoma taylori, Lucinoma zapotalensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: Virginia collection)
• Miocene of United States (22: Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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