Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Linga (Here), Lucina (Here), Phacoides (Here)
Parent taxon: Lucininae according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Abbott 1974, Cox et al. 1969, Durham 1944, Gardner 1947, Glenn 1904, Harris 1919, Moore 1988, Perrilliat 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Turner 1938
Sister taxa: Callucina, Callucinopsis, Cavilucina, Epilucina, Hadralucina, Linga, Loripes, Lucina, Luciniola, Mesolinga, Nevenulora, Phacoides, Plastomiltha, Recurvella, Saxolucina, Stewartia, Volupia
Subtaxa: Here (Here) Here (Herella) Here excavata Here glenni Lucina (Here) aragoensis Lucina (Here) bolivarensis Lucina (Here) colombiana Lucina (Here) dalli Lucina (Here) edwilsoni Phacoides (Here) hamatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), United States (4: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (6), United States (4: California)
• Pliocene of United States (19: California, Florida)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), Mexico (3), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (1), United States (33: California, Florida, South Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (6: California)
• Eocene of Colombia (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (14: California, Florida, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (4), Germany (1)
Total: 104 collections including 105 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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