Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to S. Kiel and M. Taviana 2018
See also Adegoke 1977, Dockery 1982, Glover and Taylor 2007, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Moore 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Taylor and Glover 2009, Vokes 1980, von Cosel 2006 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Afrolucina, Armimiltha, Austriella, Barbierella, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Cavilinga, Chavania, Codakia, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Ctena, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divalinga, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Falsolucinoma, Ferrocina, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilioniinae, Illionia, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Lepilucina, Leucosphaera, Liralucina, Lucininae, Lucinoma, Maorithyas, Meganodontia, Megaxinus, Miltha, Milthinae, Milthona, Myrtea, Myrteinae, Myrtina, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Parvilucina, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Radiolucina, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Anodontia (Afranodontia) Anodontia (Afrophysema) Anodontia (Anodontia) Anodontia (Cavatidens) Anodontia (Cryptophysema) Anodontia (Euanodontia) Anodontia (Lissosphaira) Anodontia (Loripinus) Anodontia (Pegophysema) Anodontia alba Anodontia bulla Anodontia goliath Anodontia maxima Anodontia mioinflata Anodontia spherica Anodontia sphericula
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Cayman Islands (3), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Haiti (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Panama (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Taiwan (1), United States (16: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Colombia (7), the Dominican Republic (7), Ecuador (3), Greece (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Spain (1), United States (14: California, Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (6), the Dominican Republic (14), Ecuador (3), France (1), Germany (3), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), New Zealand (7), Panama (14), Puerto Rico (4), United States (27: California, Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (2)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (18), Japan (1), Panama (1), United States (8: Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of France (1), India (1), Pakistan (1), Somalia (1), United States (14: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
Total: 209 collections including 213 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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