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Parvilucina pusilla

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina pusilla was named by Deshayes (1857) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Phacoides (Parvilucina) pusillus by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); it was recombined as Parvilucina pusilla by Le Renard (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Phacoides flumenvadosa, Phacoides piluliformis, Phacoides vaughani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Lucina pusilla Deshayes
1904Phacoides (Parvilucina) pusillus Cossmann and Pissarro
1986Parvilucina pusilla Le Renard

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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
genusParvilucina(Dall 1901)
speciespusilla(Deshayes 1857)

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.

†Parvilucina pusilla Deshayes 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available