Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Phacoides (Lucinisca) bocasensis
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Lucinisca according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Lucina (Lucinisca) fausta, Lucina (Lucinisca) fluctivaga, Lucina (Lucinisca) menuda, Lucina (Lucinisca) varisculpta, Lucinisca calhounensis, Lucinisca centrifuga, Lucinisca costaricensis, Lucinisca cribrarius, Lucinisca fenestrata, Lucinisca hispaniolana, Lucinisca mirandana, Lucinisca muricata, Lucinisca nassula, Lucinisca nuttalli, Lucinisca protista
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Panama (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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