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Taxonomy
Wallucina was named by Iredale (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Lucininae by Cox et al. (1969) and Vokes (1980); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lucinidae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Glover and Taylor (2007).
It was assigned to Lucininae by Cox et al. (1969) and Vokes (1980); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lucinidae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Glover and Taylor (2007).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1930 | Wallucina Iredale p. 390 |
1969 | Wallucina Cox et al. p. 499 |
1980 | Wallucina Vokes p. 102 |
1992 | Wallucina Lamprell and Whitehead p. 46 |
2002 | Wallucina Sepkoski |
2007 | Wallucina Glover and Taylor p. 161 |
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G. Wallucina Iredale 1930
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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E. A. Glover and J. D. Taylor 2007 | Shells small, subcircular in outline. Moderately infl ated, relatively thin-shelled. Sculpture of fine, closely spaced commarginal lamellae, sometimes slightly raised to posterior, fi ne radial striations sometimes present. Hinge plate narrow. RV with single cardinal tooth and
posterior lateral tooth, anterior lateral absent or very small. LV with two cardinal teeth and a posterior lateral tooth. Ligament internal, set in elongate, oblique resilifer. Anterior adductor muscle scar elongate, detached from pallial line for about 1/2 to 1/3 of length. Pallial line irregularly lobed and divided. Inner shell margin finely crenulate. |
Measurements
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References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pleistocene | Japan | W. lamyi (96947 97028 97029) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | W. assimilis (63207 63208 63209 63211) W. jacksonensis (63351) W. jacksoniensis (96708) |