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Lucinisca mirandana

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina (Lucinisca) mirandana was named by Hodson (1931). Its type specimen is PRI 24004, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lucinisca mirandana by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Lucina (Lucinisca) mirandana Hodson figs. pl. 16, figs. 1-2
2008Lucinisca mirandana Hendy et al.

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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
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusLuciniscaBruguière 1797
speciesmirandana(Hodson 1931)

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.

Lucinisca mirandana Hodson 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:00:27
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:40
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Zulia) Lucina mirandana (60627)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Lucinisca mirandana (136884 156682 157830)