Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
Sister taxa: Armimiltha, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Chavania, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Ezolucina, 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, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Afrophysema Cavatidens Pegophysema
Type: Loripinus (Pegophysema)
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), South Africa (1), United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Australia (2), the Dominican Republic (5), Panama (14), United States (24: Florida)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (18), Panama (1)
Total: 81 collections including 82 occurrences