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Lucininae

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Lucininae Fleming
1969Lucininae Cox et al. p. 492
1973Lucininae Iqbal p. 15
1977Lucininae Adegoke p. 251
1980Lucininae Vokes p. 101
1982Lucininae Dockery p. 55
1988Lucininae Moore p. D7
1990Lucininae Beu et al. p. 396
1992Lucininae Perrilliat p. 8
1992Lucininae Ward p. 79
1995Lucininae Chiesa et al. p. 43
2000Lucininae Coan et al. p. 261
2004Lucininae Stilwell et al. p. 21
2010Lucininae Bouchet et al.
2011Lucininae Carter et al. p. 14

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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
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828

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.

Subfm. Lucininae Fleming 1828
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G. Callucina Dall 1901
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Callucina balcombica Cossmann 1912
Callucina glauca Rossi de Garcia and Levy 1959
Callucina keenae Chavan 1971
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Invalid names: Lucina radians Conrad 1841 [replaced]
Callucina lacteola Tate 1897
G. Callucinopsis Chavan 1959
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Callucinopsis dalmiana Kendrick and Vartak 2007
G. †Cavilucina Fischer 1887
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Subg. †Cavilucina (Cavilucina) Fischer 1887
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G. Epilucina Dall 1901
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Epilucina californica Conrad 1837
Lucina (Epilucina) gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
G. †Hadralucina Woodring 1982
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Hadralucina augustana Gardner 1951
Hadralucina xenica Woodring 1982
G. Here Gabb 1866
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Subg. Here (Here) Gabb 1866
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Here (Here) effingeri Weaver and Kleinpell 1963
Here (Here) hannai Clark 1938
Subg. †Here (Herella) Chavan 1942
Here excavata Carpenter 1857
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Invalid names: Phacoides (Here) richthofeni Gabb 1866 [synonym]
Here glenni Dall 1903
Lucina (Here) aragoensis Turner 1938
Lucina (Here) bolivarensis Anderson 1928
Lucina (Here) colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
Lucina (Here) edwilsoni Perrilliat 1992
G. Linga de Gregorio 1885
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Subg. Linga (Bellucina) Dall 1901
Subg. †Linga (Illesca) Olsson 1932
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Subg. Linga (Linga) de Gregorio 1885
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Linga (Linga) woodringi Clark and Durham 1946
Subg. Linga (Pleurolucina) Dall 1901
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Phacoides (Linga) browni Woodring 1925
Phacoides (Linga) kovatchevi Karagyuleva 1964
G. Loripes Poli 1791
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Subg. Loripes (Loripes) Poli 1791
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Loripes (Loripes) lacteus Deshayes 1850
Loripes aberrans Dautzenberg 1910
Loripes atavus Waagen 1881
Loripes eburnea Conrad 1848
Loripes proavius Waagen 1881
Loripes simulans Tate 1887
Loripes subvexa Conrad 1832
G. Lucina Bruguière 1797
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Subg. Lucina (Cyclas) Klein 1853
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Cyclas cornea Linnaeus 1767
Cyclas tetrica Conrad 1856
Subg. †Lucina (Dentilucina) Fischer 1887
Subg. †Lucina (Divaricella) Martens 1880
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Subg. Lucina (Lucina) Bruguiére 1797
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Lucina (Lucina) bowdenensis Woodring 1925
Lucina (Lucina) diaboli Dickerson 1914
Lucina (Lucina) quadrata Dickerson 1914
Subg. Lucina (Lucinisca) Dall 1901
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Lucina (Lucinisca) fausta Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Lucinisca bocasensis Olsson 1922
Lucinisca costaricensis Olsson 1922
Lucinisca hispaniolana Maury 1917
Lucinisca mirandana Hodson 1931
Lucinisca muricata Spengler 1798
Lucinisca nassula Conrad 1846
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Invalid names: Lucinisca lintea Conrad 1846 [synonym]
Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837
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Invalid names: Phacoides antecedens Arnold 1907 [synonym]
Lucinisca protista Woodring 1982
Subg. Lucina (Microloripes) Cossmann 1901
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Subg. †Lucina (Paslucina) Olsson 1964
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Subg. Lucina (Quasilucina) Stewart 1930
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Lucina aegra Cox 1934
Lucina affinis Tate 1887
Lucina alcatrazis Anderson 1938
Lucina amica de Gregorio 1890
Lucina anceps Laube 1865
Lucina aquiana Clark 1895
Lucina bella Conrad 1837
Lucina benoisti Cossmann 1900
Lucina bernayi Cossmann 1887
Lucina bicristata Cossmann 1887
Lucina bisculpta Meyer 1886
Lucina bombifrons Waagen 1881
Lucina brevifulcrata Cossmann 1887
Lucina callipteryx Tournouer 1874
Lucina cecchii Jaboli 1959
Lucina civatensis Stoppani 1857
Lucina coeloprocta Cossmann 1887
Lucina colusaensis Stanton 1895
Lucina crassidens Wood 1879
Lucina credneri Giebel 1856
Lucina crenulata Wood 1840
Lucina cretacea Gabb 1864
Lucina dalikiensis Cox 1936
Lucina dalli Ihering 1907
Lucina darchiaciana Noetling 1901
Lucina dartoni Clark 1895
Lucina dautzenbergi Cossmann 1887
Lucina decorata Wood 1850
Lucina delaunayi Cossmann 1900
Lucina dentifera Jonas 1846
Lucina divaricata Lamarck 1806
Lucina djunggranganensis Martin 1916
Lucina dubia Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Lucina deshayesii Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Lucina exquisita Eames 1951
Lucina fabuloides Tate 1886
Lucina fischeriana d'Orbigny 1845
Lucina gaylordi Wagner and Schilling 1923
Lucina gunyoungensis Pritchard 1903
Lucina inca Olsson 1931
Lucina kellumi Imlay 1940
Lucina kemedjingensis Martin 1916
Lucina kiawahensis Holmes 1860
Lucina lefevrei Cossmann 1887
Lucina leucomomorpha Tate 1886
Lucina liasina Terquem and Piette 1865
Lucina limopsis Boettger 1883
Lucina lirata Phillips 1829
Lucina liratula Sowerby 1889
Lucina luciniolae Maury 1924
Lucina lycetti Cossmann 1900
Lucina mattiformis Stephenson 1941
Lucina menardi Deshayes 1825
Lucina metablata Cossmann 1901
Lucina metableta Cossmann 1901
Lucina minutissima d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Cardiomorpha minuta Keyserling 1846 [replaced]
Lucina nana Hislop 1859
Lucina narica Vredenburg 1928
Lucina nasuta Gabb 1864
Lucina neglecta Ortmann 1902
Lucina neuquensis Haupt 1907
Lucina nuciformis Tate 1886
Lucina orbicularis Deshayes 1836
Lucina ortmanni Ihering 1899
Lucina pagana Noetling 1901
Lucina papyracea Lea 1833
Lucina pensylvanica Linnaeus 1758
Lucina perlevis Conrad 1848
Lucina petrolei Martin 1933
Lucina pharaonis Bellardi 1854
Lucina plebeja Giebel 1856
Lucina pomilia smithi Meyer 1886
Lucina postradiata Gabb 1864
Lucina projecta Tate 1886
Lucina querida Maury 1924
Lucina radiata Contejean 1859
Lucina rotundata Roemer 1835
Lucina salomoni Tommasi 1894
Lucina semperiana Issel 1869
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Invalid names: Lucina pisum Reeve 1850 [replaced]
Lucina simplex Martin 1879
Lucina somalica Basse 1930
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]
Lucina subobliqua Say 1824
Lucina subsquamulata Giebel 1861
Lucina tjibodasiana Martin 1922
Lucina washingtonensis Turner 1938
Lucina wattsi Loel and Corey 1932
Lucina whitei Clark 1895
G. †Luciniola Skeat and Madsen 1898
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Luciniola cingulata Terquem 1855
Luciniola problematica Terquem 1855
Luciniola pumila Goldfuss 1840
Luciniola stoppaniana Dittmar 1864
G. †Mesolinga Chavan 1951
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Mesolinga cardioides d'Archiac 1843
Mesolinga plebeia Contejean 1859
Mesolinga thierachensis Fischer 1969
G. Nevenulora Iredale 1930
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Subg. †Nevenulora (Jagonoma) Chavan 1946
Subg. Nevenulora (Nevenulora) Iredale 1930
Nevenulora inornata Deshayes 1857
G. Phacoides Blainville 1825
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Subg. Phacoides (Phacoides) Blainville 1825
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Phacoides andersoni Olsson 1930
Phacoides californicus Conrad 1837
Phacoides cerma Woodring 1982
Phacoides eaglesomei Newton 1922
Phacoides eudaidalus Maury 1924
Phacoides hillsboroensis Heilprin 1887
Phacoides nocariensis Kellum 1926
Phacoides ocalanus Dall 1903
Phacoides pacifica Olsson 1964
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Invalid names: Lucina jamaicensis Lamarck 1801 [synonym]
Phacoides perovatus Dall 1916
Phacoides pullensis Oppenheim 1894
Phacoides silicatus Mansfield 1937
Phacoides subsquamosa Traub 1938
Phacoides wacissanus Dall 1915
Phacoides woodi Olsson 1930
G. †Plastomiltha Stewart 1930
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Plastomiltha conventa Olsson 1929
Plastomiltha odontota Woodring 1982
G. †Recurvella Chavan 1937
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Recurvella dolabra Conrad 1833
G. †Saxolucina Stewart 1930
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Saxolucina antarctipleura Stilwell et al. 2004
Saxolucina gaufia Harris 1946
Saxolucina saxorum Lamarck 1806
Saxolucina sharmani Wilckens 1911
G. †Stewartia Olsson 1953
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Stewartia floridana Conrad 1833
Stewartia foremani Conrad 1841
G. †Volupia Defrance 1829
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Volupia tabulata Deshayes 1858
Invalid names: Gradilucina Cossmann 1902 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Givetian to the top of the Holocene or 387.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 382.7 Ma

Collections (1687 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Lucina sp. (44178)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51Uruguay (Rivera) Lucina aegra (206588)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Lucina bombifrons (125884)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Loripes atavus (126895) Loripes proavius (119725)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Jiangxi) Lucina sp. (109628)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Loripes atavus (119532 119722 119724) Loripes atavus, Loripes proavius (126898) Lucina bombifrons (89061 119723 126896)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy Lucina salomoni (136184 136188)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Lucina credneri, Lucina plebeja (201970)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Leda dubia (203200)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary Leda dubia (73286)
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.7Singapore Lucina sp. (113863)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Avicula dubia (137429) Leda dubia (50950 69679 69688 69690) Lucina anceps, Lucina dubia, Mysidioptera salomoni (144634)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Hungary Lucina sp. (70988 70994)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Lucina sp. (219461)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy Lucina alpina, Luciniola parvula, Luciniola stoppaniana (38167) Lucina civatensis (204975)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Hungary (Veszprém) Schafhaeutlia stoppaniana (200771)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Trento) Lucina stoppaniana (232115)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Lombardy) Lucina sp. (38114)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Chile (Coquimbo) Lucina sp. (222002)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Chile (Coquimbo) Lucina sp. (221766)