Lucinida

Lucinida is a taxonomic order of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.

Lucinida

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ImparidentiaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Bivalvia
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Bivalvia
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Bivalvia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 458 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 469.4 Mya to 0 Mya.

Ordovician — about 2 of 7557 occurrencesSilurian — about 15 of 7557 occurrencesDevonian — about 289 of 7557 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 3 of 7557 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 24 of 7557 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 11 of 7557 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 103 of 7557 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 171 of 7557 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 351 of 7557 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 350 of 7557 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 288 of 7557 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 211 of 7557 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 784 of 7557 occurrencesPaleocene — about 365 of 7557 occurrencesEocene — about 897 of 7557 occurrencesOligocene — about 674 of 7557 occurrencesMiocene — about 1378 of 7557 occurrencesPliocene — about 642 of 7557 occurrencesPleistocene — about 957 of 7557 occurrences479–463 Mya — about 1 occurrence463–447 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences447–431 Mya — about 1 occurrence431–415 Mya — about 18 occurrences415–399 Mya — about 20 occurrences399–383 Mya — about 162 occurrences383–367 Mya — about 99 occurrences367–351 Mya — about 6 occurrences351–335 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences335–319 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences319–303 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences303–287 Mya — about 2 occurrences287–271 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences271–255 Mya — about 7 occurrences255–239 Mya — about 116 occurrences239–223 Mya — about 108 occurrences223–207 Mya — about 44 occurrences207–192 Mya — about 168 occurrences192–176 Mya — about 212 occurrences176–160 Mya — about 384 occurrences160–144 Mya — about 251 occurrences144–128 Mya — about 79 occurrences128–112 Mya — about 94 occurrences112–96 Mya — about 139 occurrences96–80 Mya — about 180 occurrences80–64 Mya — about 622 occurrences64–48 Mya — about 441 occurrences48–32 Mya — about 849 occurrences32–16 Mya — about 1047 occurrences16–0 Mya — about 2504 occurrences458.2 Mya11.7 ka479 Mya0 Mya

7,557 occurrences of Lucinida on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

7,557 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

1046 formations

Chipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.72°N, 86.04°WChipola — 30.57°N, 85.84°WChipola — 30.43°N, 84.98°WChipola — 30.44°N, 84.28°WChipola — 30.06°N, 84.49°WChipola — 30.47°N, 84.99°WChipola — 30.46°N, 85.16°WChipola — 30.26°N, 85.17°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.94°N, 86.11°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 84.97°WProvidence — 31.96°N, 85.45°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 85.72°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.63°N, 86.17°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WFalun de Jeurs — 48.48°N, 2.23°ECaloosahatchee — 25.91°N, 81.36°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 26.77°N, 81.15°WCaloosahatchee — 26.70°N, 80.99°WCaloosahatchee — 26.45°N, 80.86°WCaloosahatchee — 26.34°N, 80.86°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.99°WCaloosahatchee — 26.76°N, 81.44°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 80.93°WCaloosahatchee — 26.79°N, 81.30°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WCaloosahatchee — 26.76°N, 81.46°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.17°WCaloosahatchee — 26.13°N, 80.62°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 87.58°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WGosport Sand — 35.11°N, 77.04°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.83°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.04°N, 80.65°WGatun — 9.29°N, 79.92°WGatun — 9.28°N, 79.97°WPico — 34.36°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.33°N, 118.72°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.70°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.51°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°WJagüel — 38.13°S, 68.41°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 33.54°N, 117.78°WVaqueros — 33.68°N, 117.76°WVaqueros — 33.55°N, 117.82°WVaqueros — 33.64°N, 117.59°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 34.76°N, 120.05°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 119.03°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 119.66°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 118.88°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 118.71°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.84°WVaqueros — 34.35°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.42°N, 119.27°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 120.29°WVaqueros — 34.53°N, 120.31°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.16°WVaqueros — 34.92°N, 119.13°WVaqueros — 34.98°N, 120.21°WVaqueros — 35.27°N, 120.60°WVaqueros — 35.64°N, 120.93°WVaqueros — 35.30°N, 120.15°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 35.25°N, 120.06°WVaqueros — 35.28°N, 120.13°WVaqueros — 35.81°N, 121.06°WVaqueros — 35.77°N, 120.93°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WTataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°ECercado — 19.47°N, 71.08°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.20°WCercado — 19.57°N, 71.25°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.27°WCercado — 19.42°N, 71.08°WCercado — 19.30°N, 71.67°WCercado — 19.58°N, 71.04°WCercado — 18.93°N, 71.62°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.54°N, 88.06°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 31.26°N, 93.82°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 70.50°WGurabo — 19.45°N, 70.70°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.33°WGurabo — 19.58°N, 71.05°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 71.67°WGurabo — 19.50°N, 71.18°WGurabo — 18.93°N, 71.62°WTimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.25°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.22°WTemblor — 36.34°N, 120.36°WTemblor — 36.37°N, 120.29°WTemblor — 35.50°N, 119.78°WTemblor — 35.88°N, 120.10°WTemblor — 35.42°N, 119.85°WTemblor — 35.40°N, 119.81°WTemblor — 35.47°N, 119.91°WByram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.32°N, 90.86°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°WMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 110.88°WMancos Shale — 40.76°N, 108.89°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WLisbon — 31.55°N, 87.91°WLa Meseta — 64.23°S, 56.65°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.65°WLa Meseta — 64.26°S, 56.66°WGeneseo — 42.33°N, 74.45°WGeneseo — 42.67°N, 75.59°WGeneseo — 42.61°N, 75.30°WGeneseo — 42.44°N, 74.54°WGeneseo — 42.65°N, 75.42°WGeneseo — 42.56°N, 74.85°WGeneseo — 42.62°N, 75.37°WGeneseo — 42.50°N, 75.52°WGeneseo — 42.60°N, 76.17°WGeneseo — 42.50°N, 74.78°WGeneseo — 42.61°N, 75.24°WGeneseo — 42.63°N, 75.46°WGeneseo — 42.65°N, 75.86°WGeneseo — 42.61°N, 75.55°WGeneseo — 42.51°N, 74.68°WGeneseo — 42.52°N, 75.01°WGeneseo — 42.51°N, 75.13°WGeneseo — 42.64°N, 75.77°WGeneseo — 42.53°N, 74.87°WDhruma — 22.62°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 22.53°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 22.83°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.53°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.92°N, 44.00°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°EHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.58°N, 86.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.92°N, 87.97°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.07°N, 88.03°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.08°N, 88.22°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.37°N, 88.68°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 88.05°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.35°N, 86.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.25°N, 88.43°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.32°N, 86.00°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.45°N, 85.63°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 87.75°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.53°N, 87.32°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.65°N, 88.08°W

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The named rock units Lucinida has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1,022 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,454 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lucinida and its relatives

Miocene

Where Lucinida and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,885 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,226 sites for Lucinida, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

1,112 references

Each of the 7,557 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 1,100 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Lucinida

Credit
Veronidae
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Lucinida was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itImparidentia through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Stoliczka 1871)