Cavilucina

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Cavilucina
Temporal range: 189.6–0.781  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Cavilucina
Fischer, 1887 [1]
Subgenera
  • Cavilucina (Cavilucina) Fischer 1887
  • Cavilucina (Mesomiltha) Chavan 1938
Synonyms
  • Miltha (Cavilucina)
  • Phacoides (Cavilucina)

Cavilucina is a genus of bivalves in the family Lucinidae.

Contents

Overview of species

Fossil species
Names brought to synonymy

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References

  1. Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique ou Histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants ou fossiles. P Fischer, 1887
  2. Cavilucina elegans (Deshayes, 1823) at gbif