Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Phacoides californica
Belongs to Phacoides according to Conrad 1837
See also Addicott and Emerson 1959, Ashley 1895, Chace and Chace 1919, Coan et al. 2000, Hendy 2021, Moore 1988, Oldroyd 1925 and Schenck 1945
Sister taxa: Phacoides (Bellucina), Phacoides (Phacoides), Phacoides andersoni, Phacoides cerma, Phacoides eaglesomei, Phacoides eudaidalus, Phacoides hillsboroensis, Phacoides nocariensis, Phacoides ocalanus, Phacoides pacifica, Phacoides pectinatus, Phacoides perovatus, Phacoides pullensis, Phacoides silicatus, Phacoides subrhomboidalis, Phacoides subsquamosa, Phacoides thalassogonus, Phacoides wacissanus, Phacoides woodi
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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