Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Phacoides (Bellucina) actinus, Phacoides (Parvilucina) actinus, Phacoides actinus
Synonym: Lucina (Codakia) dariena Toula 1911
Belongs to Bellucina according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Maury 1917 and Olsson 1922
Sister taxa: Cardiolucina agassizi, Cardiolucina antjamensis, Cardiolucina pollii, Cardiolucina postalveatus, Cardiolucina praetermissa, Cardiolucina tebatnapalensis, Bellucina waccamawensis
Type specimens:
- Bellucina actinus: USNM 135719, a shell
- Lucina (Codakia) dariena:
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1 collection)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (32)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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