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Parvilucina

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides (Parvilucina) was named by Dall (1901) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sn R]. It is extant. Its type is Lucina tenuisculpta.

It was reranked as Lucina (Parvilucina) by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941), Dockery (1982), Perrilliat (1992); it was reranked as Parvilucina by Cox et al. (1969), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Moore (1988), Sepkoski (2002), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Taylor and Glover (2021).

It was assigned to Phacoides by Dall (1901), Glenn (1904), Cossmann (1914), Oldroyd (1925), Gardner (1943); to Lucina by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941), Dockery (1982), Perrilliat (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Lucinidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012); and to Lucininae by Cox et al. (1969), Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Moore (1988), Taylor and Glover (2021).

Subtaxa
Lucina (Parvilucina) callosana, Lucina (Parvilucina) posteocurta, P. (Callucinella), P. (Parvilucina), P. approximata, P. chavani, P. crenella, P. crenulata, P. elegantissima, P. mazatlanica, P. multistriata, P. pusilla, P. seminulum, P. tenuisculpta, P. yaquensis, Phacoides (Parvilucina) prunus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Lucina ephraimi, Lucina pisidium, Lucina seminulum, P. dentala, P. diktyota, P. ephraimi, P. flumenvadosa, P. galeottiana, P. intusplicata, P. juvenis, P. laureti, P. nannus, P. piluliformis, P. pisiformis, P. pusila, P. scaldensis, P. scaldensis, P. vaughani, Phacoides diktyota, Phacoides flumenvadosa, Phacoides limnidus, Phacoides piluliformis, Phacoides sabelli, Phacoides sphaeriolus, Phacoides vaughani, Phacoides yaquensis
Sister taxa
P. (Callucinella), P. (Parvilucina)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-05-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Phacoides (Parvilucina) Dall p. 810
1904Phacoides (Parvilucina) Glenn p. 340
1914Phacoides (Parvilucina) Cossmann p. 87
1925Phacoides (Parvilucina) Oldroyd p. 5
1941Lucina (Parvilucina) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 9
1943Phacoides (Parvilucina) Gardner pp. 76, 78
1969Parvilucina Cox et al. p. 498
1977Parvilucina Adegoke p. 251
1980Parvilucina Vokes p. 102
1982Lucina (Parvilucina) Dockery p. 56
1987Parvilucina Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1988Parvilucina Moore p. D14
1992Lucina (Parvilucina) Perrilliat p. 10
2002Parvilucina Sepkoski
2012Parvilucina Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 354
2021Parvilucina Taylor and Glover p. 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusParvilucina(Dall 1901)

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. Parvilucina Dall 1901
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†Lucina (Parvilucina) callosana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Subg. †Parvilucina (Callucinella) Chavan 1961
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†Callucinella marcida Kendrick and Vartak 2007
Subg. †Parvilucina (Parvilucina) Dall 1901
Parvilucina approximata Dall 1901 [approximate lucine]
†Parvilucina chavani Adegoke 1977
†Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840
†Parvilucina elegantissima Adegoke 1977
Parvilucina mazatlanica Carpenter 1857
†Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841
†Parvilucina pusilla Deshayes 1857
†Parvilucina seminulum Deshayes 1857
Parvilucina tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864 [fine-lined lucine]
†Parvilucina yaquensis Gabb 1873
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available