Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Gill and Little 2013, Kiel 2013, Moore 1976, Moore 1988, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992
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, Lucinoma, Maorithyas, Meganodontia, Megaxinus, Miltha, Milthinae, Milthona, Myrtea, Myrtina, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Parvilucina, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Radiolucina, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Alucinoma Amanocina Beauvoisina Cubatea Discomiltha Elliptiolucina Elongatolucina Eulopia Gardnerella Lovaralucina Mesomiltha Monitilora Paramyrtea Perampliata Prophetilora
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene of India (1 collection), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Colombia (1), Indonesia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Oligocene of Colombia (2), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Belgium (4), Bulgaria (1), France (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (6), Germany (1), Poland (1)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (4), India (3), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Jurassic of Chile (21), France (6), Germany (14), Greenland (6), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Portugal (7), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (18), the United Kingdom (7)
• Triassic of United States (2: Nevada)
• Permian of Italy (5)
Total: 148 collections including 165 occurrences