Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: S. Kiel. 2013. Lucinid bivalves from ancient methane seeps. Journal of Molluscan Studies 79:346-363
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to A. Kaim et al. 2014
See also Hryniewicz et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Afrolucina, Anodontia, Armimiltha, Austriella, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Cavilinga, Chavania, Codakia, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Ctena, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divalinga, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Ezolucina, Falsolucinoma, Ferrocina, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilionia, Ilioniinae, Indolucina, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Lepilucina, Leucosphaera, Liralucina, Lucininae, Lucinoma, Maorithyas, Meganodontia, Megaxinus, Milthinae, Milthona, Monitilorinae, Myrtea, Myrteinae, Myrtina, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Parvilucina, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Radiolucina, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Tehamatea agirrezabalai Tehamatea ovalis Tehamatea rasmusseni Tehamatea vocontiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (1: California)
• Jurassic of United States (1: California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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