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 (Afrophysema), Anodontia (Anodontia), Anodontia (Cavatidens), Anodontia (Cryptophysema), Anodontia (Euanodontia), Anodontia (Lissosphaira), Anodontia (Pegophysema), Anodontia alba, Anodontia bulla, Anodontia goliath, Anodontia maxima, Anodontia mioinflata, Anodontia spherica, Anodontia sphericula
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