Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Lucininae according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also Cox et al. 1969, Schneider et al. 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austriella, Barbierella, Callucinopsis, Cavilinga, Cavilucina, Clathrolucina, Divalinga, Ferrocina, Gibbolucina, Hadralucina, Here, Keletistes, Lepilucina, Loripes, Lucina, Luciniola, Lucinisca, Megaxinus, Mesolinga, Nevenulora, Parvilucina, Phacoides, Plastomiltha, Pleurolucina, Radiolucina, Recurvella, Saxolucina, Scabrilucina, Stewartia, Volupia
Subtaxa: Lucinella divaricata Lucinella liratula
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Italy (1), Namibia (1), the Netherlands (3), Portugal (2), South Africa (1), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene of Germany (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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