Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Full reference: K. Amano, R. G. Jenkins, Y. Kurihara and S. Kiel. 2008. A new genus for Vesicomya inflata Kanie and Nishida, a lucinid shell convergent with that of vesicomyids, from Cretaceous strata of Hokkaido, Japan. Veliger 50(4):255-262

Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to K. Amano et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Armimiltha, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Chavania, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, 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: Ezolucina inflata

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Type: Vesicomya inflata

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ezolucina in the database

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