Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Cox et al. 1969, Moore 1988, Saul et al. 1996, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Taylor and Glover 2018 and Vokes 1980
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, Milthona, Monitilorinae, Myrteinae, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Pegophyseminae, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Claibornites Eamesiella Eomiltha Eophysema Jagolucina Miltha Myrtucina Pterolucina Retrolucina
Type: Lucina (Miltha)
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), United States (27: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Panama (1), United States (50: California, Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (7), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Cuba (2), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (2), India (1), Madagascar (1), Moldova (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (4), Puerto Rico (2), United States (59: California, Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (4: Florida)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Jamaica (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (2), Peru (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (21: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (5), France (5), Haiti (1), Japan (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), Peru (4), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (83: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (6), Australia (2), Belgium (6), Bulgaria (1), France (3), Germany (1), New Zealand (5), Nigeria (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (32: Alabama, California, Maryland, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Iran (1), Japan (6), United States (2: South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 380 collections including 411 occurrences