Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Lucina (Pseudomiltha), Phacoides (Pseudomiltha)
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to J. D. Taylor and E. A. Glover 2009
See also Cox et al. 1969, Glenn 1904, Iqbal 1973, Olsson 1914 and Sepkoski 2002
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, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Pegophyseminae, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pteromyrtea, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) nocariensis Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) wongi Pseudomiltha (Pseudomiltha) Pseudomiltha (Zorrita) Pseudomiltha gigantea Pseudomiltha ocalanus
Type: Lucina gigantea
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Louisiana collection)
• Miocene of Jamaica (1), Peru (2), United States (12: Florida, North Carolina)
• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1), Jamaica (1), United States (2: Georgia)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), Pakistan (3), Panama (1), Romania (3), Somalia (1), Spain (11)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of China (2)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Libya (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1)
Total: 54 collections including 56 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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