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: Afrolucina, Anodontia, Armimiltha, Austriella, Barbierella, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Cavilinga, Chavania, Codakia, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Ctena, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divalinga, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Falsolucinoma, Ferrocina, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilioniinae, Illionia, Indolucina, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Lepilucina, Leucosphaera, Liralucina, Lucininae, Lucinoma, Maorithyas, Meganodontia, Megaxinus, Miltha, Milthinae, Milthona, Myrtea, Myrteinae, Myrtina, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Parvilucina, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Radiolucina, 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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