Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Lucina crenulata, Parvilucina crenulatus, Phacoides (Parvilucina) crenulata, Phacoides crenulatus
Belongs to Parvilucina according to L. W. Ward 1998
See also Glenn 1904, Holmes 1860, Kidwell 1982 and Richards and Harbison 1944
Sister taxa: Lucina (Parvilucina) callosana, Lucina (Parvilucina) posteocurta, Parvilucina (Callucinella), Parvilucina (Parvilucina), Parvilucina chavani, Parvilucina costata, Parvilucina crenella, 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 Panama (1 collection), United States (3: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of United States (20: Florida, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of United States (26: Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia)
Total: 50 collections including 51 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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