Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79
Belongs to Lucina (Lucinisca) according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941
Sister taxa: 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, Lucinisca protista
Type specimen: Its type locality is Zone J - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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