Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Lucina (Cavilinga), Parvilucina (Cavilinga)
Parent taxon: Lucininae according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Cox et al. 1969, Dockery 1982, Sepkoski 2002 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Austriella, Barbierella, Callucinopsis, Cavilucina, Clathrolucina, Divalinga, Ferrocina, Gibbolucina, Hadralucina, Here, Keletistes, Lepilucina, Loripes, Lucina, Lucinella, Luciniola, Lucinisca, Megaxinus, Mesolinga, Nevenulora, Parvilucina, Phacoides, Plastomiltha, Pleurolucina, Radiolucina, Recurvella, Saxolucina, Scabrilucina, Stewartia, Volupia
Subtaxa: Cavilinga blanda Cavilinga lampra Cavilinga prolongata Cavilinga trisulcata Lucina (Cavilinga) imbricolamella Lucina (Cavilinga) triloba
Type: Lucina trisulcata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Mexico (2), United States (9: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Belgium (6), Costa Rica (2), Jamaica (1), United States (1: North Carolina), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Panama (1), United States (9: Florida, South Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (7: Mississippi)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 45 collections including 48 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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