Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spelling: Cavilucina (Gonimyrtea)
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to E. A. Glover and J. D. Taylor 2007
See also Beu et al. 1990, Marwick 1960, Schnetler and Palm 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Armimiltha, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Chavania, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Ezolucina, Falsolucinoma, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata, Gigantocyclus, Graecina, Ilionia, Ilioniinae, Indolucina, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Leucosphaera, Leucosphaerinae, Liralucina, Lucininae, Maorithyas, Matanziella, Meganodontia, Microloripes, Milthinae, Milthona, Monitilorinae, Myrteinae, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Pegophyseminae, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Gonimyrtea araea Gonimyrtea bucculenta Gonimyrtea concinna Gonimyrtea galeottiana Gonimyrtea gracilis Gonimyrtea spinulosa
Type: Loripes concinna
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Panama (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Bulgaria (4), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), Saudi Arabia (2)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), Egypt (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 28 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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