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Cavilucina (Cavilucina) sulcata

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina sulcata was named by Lamarck (1806) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; western Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cavilucina.

It was recombined as Miltha (Cavilucina) sulcata by Glibert (1933); it was recombined as Cavilucina sulcata by Cox et al. (1969); it was recombined as Cavilucina (Cavilucina) sulcata by Glibert (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Lucina sulcata Lamarck p. 240
1933Miltha (Cavilucina) sulcata Glibert p. 172
1969Cavilucina sulcata Cox et al. p. 494
1985Cavilucina (Cavilucina) sulcata Glibert p. 281

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusCavilucinaFischer 1887
subgenusCavilucinaFischer 1887
speciessulcata(Lamarck 1806)

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.

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Diagnosis
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