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Lucina subnumismalis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy

Lucina subnumismalis was named by Orbigny (1850).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. arenacea, L. bellona, L. chatfieldana, L. corbisoides, L. cutleri, L. frugalis, L. glebula, L. hasei, L. laevis, L. landanensis, L. leufuensis, L. limbata, L. masylaea, L. obliqua, L. prorrecta, L. ripleyana, L. seclusa, L. sesostridis, L. subporrecta, L. subprorecta, L. taffana, L. tenera, L. thebaica, L. kadievi, L. pectinata, L. micraulax

Synonyms

Venus numismalis was named by Mueller (1847).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lucina subnumismalis by Malchus et al. (1994).
Lucina tenuis was named by Mueller (1851).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lucina subnumismalis by Malchus et al. (1994).
Venus laminosa was named by Reuss (1846).

It was recombined as Lucina laminosa by Weijden (1943); it was synonymized subjectively with Lucina subnumismalis by Malchus et al. (1994).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1846	Venus laminosa Reuss
1847	Venus numismalis Mueller
1850	Lucina subnumismalis Orbigny
1851	Lucina tenuis Mueller
1891	Lucina subnummismalis Böhm p. 73 figs. Pl 3, figs 6,a
1943	Lucina laminosa Weijden

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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	Lucina	Bruguière 1797
species	subnumismalis	Orbigny 1850

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.

†Lucina subnumismalis Orbigny 1850

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Invalid names: Lucina laminosa Reuss 1846 [synonym], Lucina tenuis Mueller 1851 [synonym], Venus numismalis Mueller 1847 [synonym]

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: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 89.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Belgium (Namur)	Lucina subnumismalis (51518)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Germany	Lucina subnummismalis (213668)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Egypt (Nile Valley)	Lucina subnumismalis (3589 3594)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Poland	Lucina laminosa (28077)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Poland	Lucina subnumismalis, Lucina laminosa (27818 27822)