Retrolucina Taylor and Glover 2018 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Full reference: J. D. Taylor and E. A. Glover. 2018. Hanging on - lucinid bivalve survivors from the Paleocene and Eocene in the western Indian Ocean (Bivalvia: Lucinidae). Zoosystema 40:123-142

Parent taxon: Milthinae according to J. D. Taylor and E. A. Glover 2018

Sister taxa: Cavatidens, Claibornites, Eamesiella, Eomiltha, Eophysema, Jagolucina, Miltha, Milthoidea, Myrtucina, Pterolucina

Subtaxa: Retrolucina defrancei Retrolucina voorhoevei

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Type: Lucina voorhoevei

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), France (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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