Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Loripinus, Lucina (Loripinus)
Parent taxon: Anodontia according to R. von Cosel 2006
See also Beu et al. 1990, Glover and Taylor 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anodontia (Afranodontia), Anodontia (Anodontia), Anodontia (Cavatidens), Anodontia (Cryptophysema), Anodontia (Euanodontia), Anodontia (Lissosphaira), Anodontia alba, Anodontia bulla, Anodontia edentuloides, Anodontia goliath, Anodontia maxima, Anodontia mioinflata, Anodontia spherica
Subtaxa: Anodontia (Loripinus) norregaardi Loripinus (Eophysema) Lucina (Loripinus) globulosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of France (1), Germany (3), Italy (1), Madagascar (2), New Zealand (7), Sao Tome and Principe (1)
• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence