Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spelling: Codakiidae
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hickman 2015 and Kiel 2013
Sister taxa: Armimiltha, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Chavania, 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, Pteromyrtea, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Codakia Ctena Divalucina Epilucina Lucinoma
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (2), the Bahamas (3), Belgium (1), Bermuda (7), Brazil (1), Cayman Islands (4), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (2), Djibouti (4), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (3), Egypt (2), Eritrea (4), France (2), French Polynesia (1), Greece (2), Haiti (7), Iran (1), Italy (3), Jamaica (2), Japan (6), Kenya (2), Mexico (19), the Netherlands (2), Pakistan (2), Panama (2), Saudi Arabia (6), the Seychelles (3), Spain (3), Sudan (1), Taiwan (2), Tanzania (1), Tonga (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (132: California, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (2), Virgin Islands (1), Yemen (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (8: California, Washington)
• Pliocene of Belgium (7), Chile (2), Colombia (5), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (4), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (6), Japan (14), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (57: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (6)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1), United States (5: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (9), Australia (13), Austria (4), Belgium (14), Bulgaria (4), Chile (5), Cyprus (2), the Dominican Republic (4), France (1), Germany (23), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (6), Japan (44), Morocco (7), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (9), Panama (7), Peru (2), the Philippines (1), Poland (6), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (15), Sao Tome and Principe (1), Slovakia (4), Somalia (1), Spain (2), United States (87: Alaska, California, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (3: British Columbia), Denmark (3), France (34), Germany (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (11), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (5), United States (53: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (3), Colombia (1), Curaçao (1), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (29: Alabama, California, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), New Zealand (1), United States (13: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), Japan (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (16: Alabama, New Jersey, Texas)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 857 collections including 950 occurrences