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Lucina (Cyclas)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Lucina (Cyclas) Meyer p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyLucininaeFleming 1828
genusLucinaBruguière 1797
subgenusCyclas(Klein 1853)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Lucina (Cyclas) Klein 1853
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Cyclas cornea Linnaeus 1767
Cyclas tetrica Conrad 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: chemosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:00:32
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:59:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 139.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.6 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Germany Cyclas sp. (95087)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Cyclas sp. (170624)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cyclas bristovii (40269) Cyclas sp. (39664)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cyclas exigua (39643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Cyclas pusilla, Cyclas cornea (152473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Cyclas sp. (101394)