Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spelling: Phacoides (Cardiolucina)
Synonyms: Bellucina Dall 1901, Lucina (Bellucina) Dall 1901
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to E. A. Glover and J. D. Taylor 2007
See also da Silva Forti 1969, Gardner 1943, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Afrolucina, Anodontia, Armimiltha, Austriella, Barbierella, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cavilinga, Chavania, Codakia, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Ctena, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divalinga, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Falsolucinoma, Ferrocina, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilioniinae, Illionia, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Lepilucina, Leucosphaera, Liralucina, Lucininae, Lucinoma, Maorithyas, Meganodontia, Megaxinus, Miltha, Milthinae, Milthona, Myrtea, Myrteinae, Myrtina, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Parvilucina, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Radiolucina, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Bellucina actinus Bellucina waccamawensis Cardiolucina agassizi Cardiolucina antjamensis Cardiolucina pollii Cardiolucina postalveatus Cardiolucina praetermissa Cardiolucina tebatnapalensis
Type: Cardium agassizi
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Brazil (2), Mayotte (3), United States (19: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (3), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (4), Panama (32), United States (7: Florida)
Total: 81 collections including 83 occurrences
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