Lucinisca protista Woodring 1982 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)

Belongs to Lucinisca according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Lucina (Lucinisca) fausta, Lucina (Lucinisca) fluctivaga, Lucina (Lucinisca) menuda, Lucina (Lucinisca) varisculpta, Lucinisca bocasensis, Lucinisca calhounensis, Lucinisca centrifuga, Lucinisca costaricensis, Lucinisca cribrarius, Lucinisca fenestrata, Lucinisca hispaniolana, Lucinisca mirandana, Lucinisca muricata, Lucinisca nassula, Lucinisca nuttalli

Type specimen: USNM 647626, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Panama (1 collection)

• Eocene of Panama (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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