Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Lucininae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969
See also Hayami 1975 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austriella, Barbierella, Callucinopsis, Cavilinga, Cavilucina, Clathrolucina, Divalinga, Ferrocina, Gibbolucina, Hadralucina, Here, Keletistes, Lepilucina, Loripes, Lucina, Lucinella, Luciniola, Lucinisca, Megaxinus, Nevenulora, Parvilucina, Phacoides, Plastomiltha, Pleurolucina, Radiolucina, Recurvella, Saxolucina, Scabrilucina, Stewartia, Volupia
Subtaxa: Mesolinga cardioides Mesolinga plebeia Mesolinga thierachensis
Type: Lucina plebeia
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Jurassic of France (14), India (3), Japan (1)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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