Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314
Parent taxon: Milthinae according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Stewart 1930, Uozumi 1955 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Eamesiella, Eomiltha, Eophysema, Jagolucina, Miltha, Myrtucina, Pterolucina, Retrolucina
Subtaxa: Claibornites (Claibornites) Claibornites (Codalucina) Claibornites (Saxolucina) Claibornites paytensis Claibornites quinquangulus Claibornites rotunda
Type: Lucina rotunda
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of Japan (2), Mexico (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: California)
• Paleocene of United States (20: California)
• Cretaceous of Iran (1), United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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