Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combinations: Codakia multistriata, Lucina multilineata, Lucina multistriata, Parvilucina multilineata, Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineata, Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus

Belongs to Parvilucina according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Gardner 1943, Holmes 1860 and Tuomey and Holmes 1857

Sister taxa: Lucina (Parvilucina) callosana, Lucina (Parvilucina) posteocurta, Parvilucina (Callucinella), Parvilucina (Parvilucina), Parvilucina chavani, Parvilucina costata, Parvilucina crenella, Parvilucina crenulata, Parvilucina elegantissima, Parvilucina mazatlanica, Parvilucina pusilla, Parvilucina seminulum, Parvilucina tenuisculpta, Parvilucina yaquensis, Phacoides (Parvilucina) prunus

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (44: Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)

• Pliocene of United States (10: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene of Venezuela (1)

Total: 58 collections each including a single occurrence

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