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Taxonomy
Lucina californica was named by Conrad (1837) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; California-Mexico]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Phacoides californica by Chace and Chace (1919); it was recombined as Phacoides (Callucina) californicus by Oldroyd (1925), Loel and Corey (1932); it was recombined as Lucina (Codakia) californica by Schenck (1945); it was recombined as Lucinisca californica by Emerson and Addicott (1953); it was recombined as Lucina (Epilucina) californica by Hertlein and Grant (1972); it was recombined as Codakia (Epilucina) californica by Moore (1988); it was recombined as Epilucina californica by Coan et al. (2000), Taylor and Glover (2021).
It was recombined as Phacoides californica by Chace and Chace (1919); it was recombined as Phacoides (Callucina) californicus by Oldroyd (1925), Loel and Corey (1932); it was recombined as Lucina (Codakia) californica by Schenck (1945); it was recombined as Lucinisca californica by Emerson and Addicott (1953); it was recombined as Lucina (Epilucina) californica by Hertlein and Grant (1972); it was recombined as Codakia (Epilucina) californica by Moore (1988); it was recombined as Epilucina californica by Coan et al. (2000), Taylor and Glover (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2006-12-12; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-05-18
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Lucina californica Conrad p. 255 figs. pl. 20, fig. 1 |
| 1895 | Lucina californica Ashley p. 344 |
| 1919 | Phacoides californica Chace and Chace |
| 1925 | Phacoides (Callucina) californicus Oldroyd p. 5 |
| 1932 | Phacoides (Callucina) californicus Loel and Corey p. 211 |
| 1945 | Lucina (Codakia) californica Schenck |
| 1953 | Lucinisca californica Emerson and Addicott p. 440 |
| 1959 | Lucina californica Addicott and Emerson p. 17 |
| 1972 | Lucina (Epilucina) californica Hertlein and Grant p. 247 figs. Plate 46, Figures 11, 16 |
| 1988 | Codakia (Epilucina) californica Moore p. D11 figs. Plate 1, figures 16, 17 |
| 2000 | Epilucina californica Coan et al. p. 263 |
| 2021 | Epilucina californica Taylor and Glover p. 159 figs. 73a-d |
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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.
Epilucina californica Conrad 1837 [California lucine]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (81 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | Phacoides californicus (237901) | |
| Zanclean - Gelasian | USA (California) | Epilucina californica (214260 214272) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Epilucina californica (239470) Lucina californica (200412) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Epilucina californica (239463) | |
| Gelasian | USA (California) | Epilucina californica (214285) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Epilucina californica (202495 202496) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Epilucina californica (186841 186843) Lucina californica (201624) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Epilucina californica (96590 96592 96593) | |
| Quaternary | USA (California) | Epilucina californica (37933 37934 37935 37936 37937 37938 37939 37940 37941 37942 37943 37944 37945 37946 37947 37948) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Epilucina californica (202492 202493 202494 203106 203108 203114 223329) Lucina californica (202634 202638 202639 202645 202647 203113 222663 222664 222665) Phacoides californicus (138723) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Lucina californica (222646) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Epilucina californica (96591) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | Lucina californica (52347 67613 226464 226465 226466 226467) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Epilucina 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) |