Lucina (Parvilucina) callosana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (clam)

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 (Parvilucina) according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Lucina (Parvilucina) posteocurta, Parvilucina (Callucinella), Parvilucina (Parvilucina), Parvilucina chavani, Parvilucina costata, Parvilucina crenella, Parvilucina crenulata, Parvilucina elegantissima, Parvilucina mazatlanica, Parvilucina multistriata, Parvilucina pusilla, Parvilucina seminulum, Parvilucina tenuisculpta, Parvilucina yaquensis, Phacoides (Parvilucina) prunus

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: found only at Zone J - Canoa Formation

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