Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: I. G. Speden. 1970. The type Fox Hills Formation, Cretaceous (Maestrichtian), South Dakota Part 2. Systematics of the Bivalvia. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 33:1-222
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Kiel 2013, Sepkoski 2002 and Speden 1970
Sister taxa: Armimiltha, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Chavania, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Ezolucina, Falsolucinoma, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilionia, Ilioniinae, Indolucina, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Leucosphaera, Leucosphaerinae, Liralucina, Lucininae, Maorithyas, Matanziella, Meganodontia, Microloripes, Milthinae, Milthona, Monitilorinae, Myrteinae, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Pegophyseminae, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Lucina parva Nymphalucina linearia Nymphalucina occidentalis Nymphalucina panochensis
Type: Tellina occidentalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (126: Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 128 collections including 131 occurrences
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