Dentilucina orbicularis Deshayes 1836 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Lucina orbicularis

Belongs to Dentilucina according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021

See also Bera et al. 1996

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 India (1 collection)

• Miocene of India (3), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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