Lucina (Callucina) choctavensis Meyer 1886 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Lucina choctavensis

Belongs to Lucina (Callucina) according to D. T. Dockery 1982

See also Dall 1903

Sister taxa: Callucina (Callucina), Callucina (Pseudolucinisca), Callucina (Striolucina), Callucina balcombica, Callucina glauca, Callucina keenae, Callucina lacteola

Type specimen: USNM 644600, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (4: Mississippi collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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