Here excavata Carpenter 1857 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combinations: Here (Here) excavata, Lucina (Here) excavata, Lucina excavata

Synonyms: Lucina (Here) richthofeni Gabb 1866, Lucina richthofeni Gabb 1866, Phacoides (Here) richthofeni Gabb 1866, Phacoides richthofeni Gabb 1866

Belongs to Here according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000

See also Addicott 1973, Gabb 1866, Hoots 1931, Loel and Corey 1932, Moore 1988 and Stewart 1930

Sister taxa: Here (Here), Here (Herella), 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 United States (4: California)

• Pliocene of United States (27: California)

• Miocene of United States (21: California)

• Oligocene of United States (6: California)

• Eocene of United States (6: California)

Total: 70 collections each including a single occurrence

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