Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Codakia costata, Lucina costata
Synonyms: Codakia antillarum Reeve 1850, Lucina antillarum Reeve 1850, Phacoides antillarum Reeve 1850
Belongs to Parvilucina according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Brown and Pilsbry 1913, DuBar 1962, Holmes 1860 and Rosenberg 2005
Sister taxa: Lucina (Parvilucina) callosana, Lucina (Parvilucina) posteocurta, Parvilucina (Callucinella), Parvilucina (Parvilucina), Parvilucina chavani, Parvilucina crenella, Parvilucina crenulata, Parvilucina elegantissima, Parvilucina mazatlanica, Parvilucina multistriata, Parvilucina pusilla, Parvilucina seminulum, Parvilucina tenuisculpta, Parvilucina yaquensis, Phacoides (Parvilucina) prunus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (7 collections), Brazil (1), Cayman Islands (3), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (1), United States (6: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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