Bellucina actinus Dall 1903 (clam)

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

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