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Lucina pensylvanica

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Venus pensylvanica was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: North Carolina-circum Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Phacoides (Here) pennsylvanicus by Vaughn et al. (1921); it was recombined as Phacoides (Here) pennsylvanica by Woodring et al. (1924); it was recombined as Linga pensylvanica by Portell et al. (1992); it was recombined as Lucina pensylvanica by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Venus pensylvanica Linnaeus
1921Phacoides (Here) pennsylvanicus Vaughn and et al.
1924Phacoides (Here) pennsylvanica Woodring and et al.
1992Linga pensylvanica Portell et al.
2008Lucina pensylvanica 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
genusLucinaBruguière 1797
speciespensylvanica(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Lucina pensylvanica Linnaeus 1758
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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: 2004-02-29 17:00:32
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:59:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Linga pensylvanica (60940)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lucina pensylvanica (41749)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Lucina pensylvanica (41718 79331 79786)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Lucina pensylvanica (79340)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Phacoides pennsylvanica (60882 60886) Phacoides pennsylvanicus (60893)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Phacoides pennsylvanicus (75422)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Lucina pensylvanica (66764)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781USA (Florida) Lucina pensylvanica (41705)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.781 - 0.126Bahamas Lucina pensylvanica (80676)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Lucina pensylvanica (67069)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Bermuda Lucina pensylvanica (67947 67949 67960 67961 67966)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Linga pensylvanica (61311) Lucina pensylvanica (69084 69085 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Bahamas Lucina pensylvanica (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Linga pensylvanica (80837 80853 80854)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Bermuda Lucina pensylvanica (67946 67967)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Bahamas Lucina pensylvanica (80680)