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Epilucina

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Epilucina was named by Dall (1901) [Sepkoski's age data: J u R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Codakia (Epilucina) by Glibert and van de Poel (1967), Moore (1988); it was reranked as Lucina (Epilucina) by Cox et al. (1969).

It was assigned to Lucina by Cox et al. (1969); to Codakia by Glibert and van de Poel (1967), Moore (1988); to Lucininae by Vokes (1980), Coan et al. (2000); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Codakiinae by Hickman (2015), Taylor and Glover (2021).

Species
Codakia (Epilucina) concentrica, E. californica, E. cedrensis, E. washingtoniana, Lucina (Epilucina) californica, Lucina (Epilucina) gabrielensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Codakia dejaeri, Codakia haidingeri, E. dejaeri, E. rotunda
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-05-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Epilucina Dall
1967Codakia (Epilucina) Glibert and van de Poel p. 24
1969Lucina (Epilucina) Cox et al. p. 494
1980Epilucina Vokes p. 101
1988Codakia (Epilucina) Moore p. D11
2000Epilucina Coan et al. p. 261
2002Epilucina Sepkoski
2015Epilucina Hickman p. 13
2021Epilucina Taylor and Glover p. 159

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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
subfamilyCodakiinae(Korobkov 1954)
genusEpilucinaDall 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. Epilucina Dall 1901
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Epilucina californica Conrad 1837 [California lucine]
†Epilucina cedrensis Stanton 1920
Lucina (Epilucina) californica Conrad 1837 [California lucine]
†Lucina (Epilucina) gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height12.90

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (129 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium E. dejaeri (26879)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) E. sp. (86274)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0USA (Alabama) E. sp. (85330 85562 85563)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0USA (Alabama) E. sp. (80367)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) E. sp. (85320 86177 86179 90141 90142)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) E. sp. (80792 89873 89946 90038 90039 90146 90147)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) E. sp. (89868 89872 90028 90030)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Codakia concentrica (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) E. rotunda (2418 6788)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) E. rotunda, E. sp. (205485) E. sp. (205267)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Lucina concentrica (42639)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Lucina gabrielensis (3315)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (California) E. washingtoniana (193973 193974)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) E. washingtoniana (39942 39943)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Corbis washingtoniana (180418)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Phacoides californicus (237901)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Bulgaria Codakia haidingeri (60288)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Codakia haidingeri (60291 60292)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Phacoides californicus (208580)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Phacoides californica (97124)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) E. californica (214260 214272)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) E. californica (239470) Lucina californica (200412)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) E. californica (239463) Lucina californica (122752) Phacoides californicus (186031)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) E. californica (214285)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) E. californica (202495 202496)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) E. californica (96590 96592 96593)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) E. californica (186841 186843) Lucina californica (201624) Phacoides californicus (240570 240577)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) E. californica (37933 37934 37935 37936 37937 37938 37939 37940 37941 37942 37943 37944 37945 37946 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) E. californica (202492 202493 202494 203106 203108 203114 223329) Lucina californica (202634 202638 202639 202645 202647 203113 222663 222664 222665) Phacoides californica (207886) Phacoides californicus (138723 222995)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Lucina californica (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Lucina californica (52347 67613 226464 226465 226466 226467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) E. californica (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) E. californica (96566 96937 96938 202490 202491 240626 240650 240651 240655) Lucina californica (59063 160361 219029 219030 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674 240593 240594 240595 240600 240601 240602 240603) Lucinisca californica (240555 240635) Phacoides californica (202936)