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Lucina (Cyclas)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Cyclas was named by Klein (1853). It is extant.

It was reranked as Lucina (Cyclas) by Meyer (1886).

It was assigned to Lucina by Meyer (1886).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Cyclas bristovii, Cyclas exigua, Cyclas pusilla, Lucina alpina, Lucina antarctandica, Lucina aquaensis, Lucina arenacea, Lucina arrogans, Lucina aspera, Lucina atoma, Lucina aurantia, Lucina barrandei, Lucina bellona, Lucina bipartita, Lucina blanckenhorni, Lucina blankenhorni, Lucina butonensis, Lucina camaronensis, Lucina canterburiensis, Lucina chatfieldana, Lucina chubutensis, Lucina coquandiana, Lucina corbisoides, Lucina cornueliana, Lucina corpulenta, Lucina crassiplica, Lucina crucialis, Lucina cutleri, Lucina dalmatina, Lucina dentonana, Lucina depressa, Lucina despecta, Lucina divaricata, Lucina downesi, Lucina edentula, Lucina ephraimi, Lucina fischeri, Lucina fortidentalis, Lucina fragilis, Lucina frugalis, Lucina fuggeri, Lucina fulva, Lucina gemma, Lucina glebula, Lucina haidingerii, Lucina hamata, Lucina hannibali, Lucina hannibali, Lucina hasei, Lucina haueri, Lucina immanis, Lucina immutabilis, Lucina inopinata, Lucina kadievi, Lucina katherinepalmerae, Lucina lactea, Lucina laevis, Lucina landanensis, Lucina lepis, Lucina leufuensis, Lucina leufuensis, Lucina liana, Lucina limbata, Lucina lineata, Lucina losmadesamba, Lucina lugeoni, Lucina martini, Lucina masylaea, Lucina mazatlantica, Lucina meneghini, Lucina michelotti, Lucina michelotti, Lucina micraulax, Lucina miobarbieri, Lucina mokattamensis, Lucina multilamellata, Lucina multilamellata, Lucina multivittae, Lucina mutabilis, Lucina nanna, Lucina neasquamata, Lucina nokbaensis, Lucina nuttallii, Lucina obliqua, Lucina oleodorsum, Lucina orbicularis, Lucina pectinata, Lucina pectinata, Lucina percancellata, Lucina perminuta, Lucina perusiana, Lucina pharaonica, Lucina pisidium, Lucina planistria, Lucina planistria, Lucina podagrinus, Lucina polythele, Lucina pomilia, Lucina porrecta, Lucina potosina, Lucina priabonensis, Lucina primoidea, Lucina prorrecta, Lucina prosoptera, Lucina pulvinatus, Lucina punctulata, Lucina quincula, Lucina rectangulata, Lucina reisi, Lucina repleyana, Lucina reticulata, Lucina reticulata, Lucina ripleyana, Lucina roigi, Lucina rollei, Lucina sabelli, Lucina sanctae-crucis, Lucina scotti, Lucina seclusa, Lucina seminolis, Lucina seminulum, Lucina sesostridis, Lucina solida, Lucina squamata, Lucina stearnsiana, Lucina subporrecta, Lucina subprorecta, Lucina substriata, Lucina sylvaerupis, Lucina tehuacanensis, Lucina tenella, Lucina tenera, Lucina tenuistria, Lucina textilis, Lucina thebaica, Lucina toishiyamensis, Lucina trisulcata, Lucina trisulcata, Lucina tumida, Lucina tumida, Lucina useilli, Lucina valdensis, Lucina velai, Lucina vermicularis, Lucina vogli, Lucina zitteli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Lucina (Cyclas) Meyer p. 81

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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
genusLucinaBruguière 1797
subgenusCyclas(Klein 1853)

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.

Subg. Lucina (Cyclas) Klein 1853
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Cyclas cornea Linnaeus 1767
Cyclas tetrica Conrad 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:00:32
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:59:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 139.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.6 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Germany Cyclas sp. (95087)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Cyclas sp. (170624)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cyclas bristovii (40269) Cyclas sp. (39664)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cyclas exigua (39643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Cyclas sp. (101394)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Cyclas pusilla, Cyclas cornea (152473)