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Taxonomy
Superlucina was named by Taylor and Glover (2009).
It was assigned to Lucinidae by Taylor and Glover (2009).
It was assigned to Lucinidae by Taylor and Glover (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Superlucina Taylor and Glover p. 97 |
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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. †Superlucina Taylor and Glover 2009
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†Superlucina megameris Dall 1901
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Invalid names: Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) haitensis Woodring and Mansfield 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. D. Taylor and E. A. Glover 2009 | Shell very large (to 311 mm height), higher than long, discoidal. Sculpture of rough, low commarginal lamellae; narrow posterior dorsal area defined by a sharp sulcus, shallow anterior sulcus. Ligamental area large, external. Hinge teeth absent. Anterior adductor
muscle scar narrow, very long, extends posteriorly past mid-line of shell and ventrally detached from pallial line for most of length. Posterior adductor scar irregularly triangular. Pallial line entire, with complex dorsal extensions. Pallial blood vessel scar terminates dorsally and anterior to the posterior end of anterior adductor scar. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | USA (Florida) | Pseudomiltha megameris (41447) | |
| Lutetian | Haiti | Pseudomiltha haitensis (60571 60572 60573 60574 60575) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Florida) | Pseudomiltha megameris (49882) | |
| Bartonian | Curaçao | Pseudomiltha megameris (60090) | |
| Bartonian | Jamaica (Saint Ann) | Miltha megameris (99343) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Panama | Pseudomiltha megameris (42487 42488) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Jamaica | Miltha megameris (92777 92778) Phacoides megameris (60955 60961) Pseudomiltha megameris (60966 111543) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Florida) | Miltha megameris (92383 99194) Pseudomiltha megameris (41477 61109) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Jamaica | Phacoides megameris (60958) |