Retrolucina Taylor and Glover 2018 (clam)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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