Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Miltha (Megaxinus), Saxolucina (Megaxinus)
Parent taxon: Lucininae according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also Cox et al. 1969, Kiel and Taviana 2018, Marquet et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Woodring 1925 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Austriella, Barbierella, Callucinopsis, Cavilinga, Cavilucina, Clathrolucina, Divalinga, Ferrocina, Gibbolucina, Hadralucina, Here, Keletistes, Lepilucina, Loripes, Lucina, Lucinella, Luciniola, Lucinisca, Mesolinga, Nevenulora, Parvilucina, Phacoides, Plastomiltha, Pleurolucina, Radiolucina, Recurvella, Saxolucina, Scabrilucina, Stewartia, Volupia
Subtaxa: Megaxinus (Megaxinus) Megaxinus ellipticus Megaxinus stironensis Megaxinus striatula Megaxinus transversus Miltha (Megaxinus) gluminda
Type: Lucina transversa
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Italy (2)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Bulgaria (5), Cyprus (5), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (1), Italy (4), Poland (2), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (3)
Total: 31 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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