Lucinisca muricata Spengler 1798 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina muricata
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 nassula, Lucinisca nuttalli, Lucinisca protista
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Locality C, Venezuela - Weisbord (1964) (Pliocene of Venezuela)
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