Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Cryptolucina elassodyseides
Full reference: L. R. Saul, R. L. Squires, and J. L. Goedert. 1996. A new genus of cryptic lucinid? bivalve from Eocene cold seeps and turbidite-influenced mudstone, western Washington. Journal of Paleontology 70(5):788-794
Belongs to Elongatolucina according to F. L. Gill and C. T. S. Little 2013
See also Saul et al. 1996
Sister taxon: Elongatolucina peckmanni
Type specimen: Its type locality is CSUN Loc1583 - Humptulips River [Humptulips Fm], which is in a Lutetian deep subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Humptulips Formation of Washington.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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