Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spelling: Megaxinus (Pteromyrtea)
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to A. G. Beu 2006
See also Beu et al. 1990, Cox et al. 1969 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, Pseudomiltha, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (14 collections), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2), New Zealand (3)
• Paleocene of Argentina (64), New Zealand (7)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (10)
Total: 102 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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