Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Lucina (Myrtea) tenuisculpta, Lucina (Parvilucina) tenuisculpta, Lucina tenuisculpta, Parvilucina (Parvilucina) tenuisculpta, Phacoides (Parvilucina) tenuisculptus, Phacoides tenuisculpta
Belongs to Parvilucina according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also Coan et al. 2000, Moody 1916, Moore 1988, Oldroyd 1925, Schenck 1945, Willett 1937 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Lucina (Parvilucina) callosana, Lucina (Parvilucina) posteocurta, Parvilucina (Callucinella), Parvilucina (Parvilucina), Parvilucina approximata, Parvilucina chavani, Parvilucina crenella, Parvilucina crenulata, Parvilucina elegantissima, Parvilucina mazatlanica, Parvilucina multistriata, Parvilucina pusilla, Parvilucina seminulum, Parvilucina yaquensis, Phacoides (Parvilucina) prunus
Subtaxa: Parvilucina (Parvilucina) tenuisculpta intensa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (24: California collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (6: California)
• Pliocene of United States (11: California)
Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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