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Phacoides pacifica

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy

Phacoides pacifica was named by Olsson (1964). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Lucina fortidentalis, Lucina planistria, P. actulineatus, P. actulineatus, P. actutilineatus, P. actutilineatus, P. albellus, P. alveatus, P. anodonata, P. borealis, P. cercadica, P. chrysostoma, P. contractus, P. contractus, P. dachelensis, P. dinarii, P. disciformis, P. egitoensis, P. flumenvadosa, P. glebula, P. hillsboroughensis, P. hispaniolana, P. insleyi, P. liani, P. mattiformis, P. michelotti, P. micropteryx, P. nasuta, P. olea, P. parawhitfieldi, P. pectinata, P. pusillus, P. quintamaia, P. radians, P. recurrens, P. smithwoodwardii, P. sphaeriolus, P. trisulcata, P. trisulcatus, P. tuomeyi, P. eupheus, P. nereididetus, P. tampaensis, P. tuomeyi, P. cala, P. eurycostatus, P. pauperatus, P. pauperatus, P. corneti, P. multistriatus, P. parawhitfieldi, P. recurrens, P. trisulcatus, P. amabilis, P. densatus, P. parawhitfieldi, P. quebradillicus, P. densatus, P. gelnni, P. podagrinus, P. cribarius, P. luciniolae, P. nassula, P. plesiolophus, P. contractus, P. heberti, P. saxorum, P. squamula, P. calhounensis, P. albaripus, P. pandatus, P. patensis, P. diktyota, P. flumenvadosa, P. limnidus, P. piluliformis, P. sabelli, P. sphaeriolus, P. vaughani, P. yaquensis, P. quadricostatus, P. insleyi, P. paranodonta, P. anodonta

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1964	Phacoides pacifica Olsson p. 46 figs. pl. 6, fig. 4
1982	Phacoides pacifica Woodring p. 615

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Lucinidia	Gray 1854
order	Lucinida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Lucinoidea	Fleming 1828
family	Lucinidae	Fleming 1828
subfamily	Lucininae	Fleming 1828
genus	Phacoides	Blainville 1825
species	pacifica	Olsson 1964

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.

†Phacoides pacifica Olsson 1964

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

deep infaunalf

Diet:

chemosymbioticf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-05-17 03:07:50

Modified:

2009-10-09 08:44:03

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Ecuador (Esmeraldas)	Lucina pacifica (60753)