Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Synonym: Lucina chrysostoma Philippi 1845
Belongs to Anodontia according to S. Kiel and M. Taviana 2018
See also Hendy et al. 2008, von Cosel 2006 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Anodontia (Afranodontia), Anodontia (Afrophysema), Anodontia (Anodontia), Anodontia (Cavatidens), Anodontia (Cryptophysema), Anodontia (Euanodontia), Anodontia (Lissosphaira), Anodontia (Loripinus), Anodontia (Pegophysema), Anodontia bulla, Anodontia goliath, Anodontia maxima, Anodontia mioinflata, Anodontia spherica, Anodontia sphericula
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (3 collections), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Haiti (2), Jamaica (1), Panama (1), United States (11: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina)
• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Puerto Rico (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (2)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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