Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Codakia (Epilucina), Lucina (Epilucina)
Parent taxon: Lucininae according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Cox et al. 1969, Glibert and van de Poel 1967, Hickman 2015, Moore 1988, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Callucina, Callucinopsis, Cavilucina, Hadralucina, Here, Linga, Loripes, Lucina, Luciniola, Mesolinga, Nevenulora, Phacoides, Plastomiltha, Recurvella, Saxolucina, Stewartia, Volupia
Subtaxa: Codakia (Epilucina) concentrica Epilucina californica Epilucina cedrensis Epilucina washingtoniana Lucina (Epilucina) californica Lucina (Epilucina) gabrielensis
Type: Epilucina californica
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (10 collections), United States (72: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (6: California)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (3), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (19: Alabama, California, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas)
• Paleocene of Belgium (2), United States (10: Alabama, Texas)
Total: 130 collections including 131 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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