Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Lucina (Lucinoma), Phacoides (Lucinoma)
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to S. Kiel and M. Taviana 2018
See also Beu et al. 1990, Glenn 1904, Moore 1976, Moore 1984, Moore 1988, Nagao 1928, Oldroyd 1925, Olsson 1931, Olsson 1964, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, von Cosel 2006, Ward 1992, Wienrich 1999 and Woodring 1938
Sister taxa: Afrolucina, Anodontia, Armimiltha, Austriella, Barbierella, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Cavilinga, Chavania, Codakia, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Ctena, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divalinga, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Falsolucinoma, Ferrocina, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilioniinae, Illionia, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Lepilucina, Leucosphaera, Liralucina, Lucininae, Maorithyas, Meganodontia, Megaxinus, Miltha, Milthinae, Milthona, Myrtea, Myrteinae, Myrtina, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Parvilucina, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Radiolucina, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Lucinoma (Lucinoma) Lucinoma acutilineata Lucinoma aequizonata Lucinoma annulatum Lucinoma chiripanica Lucinoma columbiana Lucinoma contracta Lucinoma filosa Lucinoma hannibali Lucinoma nagaoi Lucinoma persolida Lucinoma playaensis Lucinoma promaucana Lucinoma subcalcareous Lucinoma taylori Lucinoma zapotalensis
Type: Lucina filosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), France (1), Italy (2), Japan (5), the Netherlands (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (54: California, Florida, Maryland)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (4: California, Washington)
• Pliocene of Belgium (7), Chile (2), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Japan (10), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (30: California, Florida, Oregon, Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1), United States (4: California)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Belgium (14), Chile (5), Germany (23), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), Japan (43), Morocco (5), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (9), Panama (5), Peru (1), the Philippines (1), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (15), Slovakia (2), United States (59: Alaska, California, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington)
• Oligocene of Argentina (5), Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (3: British Columbia), Denmark (3), Hungary (2), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (11), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (51: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (5: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (1), United States (2: California)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), Japan (5)
Total: 440 collections including 457 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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