Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combinations: Codakia (Ctena) orbiculata, Venus orbiculata
Belongs to Ctena according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also da Silva Forti 1969 and Rosenberg 2005
Sister taxa: Ctena (Ctena), Ctena (Talocodakia), Ctena bella, Ctena decussata, Ctena divergens, Ctena galapagana, Ctena mexicana, Ctena prechiquita, Ctena speciosa, Lucina parvilineata, Codakia (Jagonia) pecten, Codakia (Jagonia) vendryesi, Jagonia peruviana, Codakia (Jagonia) guppyi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (7 collections), Brazil (1), Cayman Islands (3), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (2), Panama (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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