Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Lucininae according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Cox et al. 1969, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Callucina, Callucinopsis, Cavilucina, Epilucina, Hadralucina, Here, Linga, Loripes, Lucina, Luciniola, Mesolinga, Nevenulora, Phacoides, Plastomiltha, Recurvella, Saxolucina, Volupia
Subtaxa: Stewartia anodonta Stewartia floridana Stewartia foremani
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (28: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of United States (11: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of United States (27: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Virginia)
• Oligocene of United States (3: North Carolina)
Total: 69 collections including 72 occurrences
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