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Cavilucina

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Cavilucina was named by Fischer (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-m-u Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is not extant. Its type is Lucina sulcata.

It was reranked as Phacoides (Cavilucina) by Dall (1901) and Cossmann (1906); it was reranked as Miltha (Cavilucina) by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904) and Glibert (1933).

It was assigned to Phacoides by Dall (1901) and Cossmann (1906); to Miltha by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904) and Glibert (1933); to Lucininae by Vokes (1980); to Lucinidae by Cox et al. (1969), Wienrich (1999); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Cavilucina Fischer
1901Phacoides (Cavilucina) Dall p. 808
1904Miltha (Cavilucina) Cossmann and Pissarro
1906Phacoides (Cavilucina) Cossmann p. 151
1933Miltha (Cavilucina) Glibert p. 172
1969Cavilucina Cox et al. p. 494
1980Cavilucina Vokes p. 101
1999Cavilucina Wienrich p. 225
2002Cavilucina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusCavilucinaFischer 1887

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cavilucina Fischer 1887
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Subg. †Cavilucina (Cavilucina) Fischer 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available