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Lepilucina

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina (Lepilucina) was named by Olsson (1964). Its type is Lucina (Lepilucina) gratis.

It was reranked as Lepilucina by Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Lucina by Olsson (1965), Woodring (1982) and Perrilliat (1992); and to Lucinidae by Todd (2001).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Lucina (Lepilucina) Olsson p. 47
1965Lucina (Lepilucina) Olsson
1982Lucina (Lepilucina) Woodring p. 615
1992Lucina (Lepilucina) Perrilliat p. 9
2001Lepilucina Todd

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusLepilucina()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Lepilucina Olsson 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:00:20
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Lucina gratis (42611)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) Lucina gratis (66164 76566)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Lucina gratis (145334 145342)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Lucina gratis (93164)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador Lucina gratis (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Lucina gratis (60640)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic L. gratis (74966)