Lucinidae

Lucinidae, common name hatchet shells, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.

Lucinidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LucinidaPBDB
Diet
chemosymbioticPBDB
Life habit
deep infaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 432 million years on record.

The record covers at least 432.9 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 0 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 6305 occurrencesSilurian — about 5 of 6305 occurrencesDevonian — about 6 of 6305 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 1 of 6305 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 24 of 6305 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 9 of 6305 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 90 of 6305 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 167 of 6305 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 190 of 6305 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 229 of 6305 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 192 of 6305 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 151 of 6305 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 606 of 6305 occurrencesPaleocene — about 343 of 6305 occurrencesEocene — about 837 of 6305 occurrencesOligocene — about 585 of 6305 occurrencesMiocene — about 1321 of 6305 occurrencesPliocene — about 614 of 6305 occurrencesPleistocene — about 900 of 6305 occurrences452–437 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences437–422 Mya — about 4 occurrences407–392 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences392–377 Mya — about 5 occurrences377–362 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences331–316 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences316–301 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences301–286 Mya — about 2 occurrences286–271 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences271–256 Mya — about 6 occurrences256–241 Mya — about 96 occurrences241–226 Mya — about 105 occurrences226–211 Mya — about 37 occurrences211–196 Mya — about 94 occurrences196–181 Mya — about 123 occurrences181–166 Mya — about 158 occurrences166–151 Mya — about 208 occurrences151–136 Mya — about 105 occurrences136–121 Mya — about 59 occurrences121–105 Mya — about 45 occurrences105–90 Mya — about 150 occurrences90–75 Mya — about 119 occurrences75–60 Mya — about 597 occurrences60–45 Mya — about 356 occurrences45–30 Mya — about 821 occurrences30–15 Mya — about 901 occurrences15–0 Mya — about 2310 occurrences432.9 Mya11.7 ka452 Mya0 Mya

6,305 occurrences of Lucinidae 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

6,305 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

884 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°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°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°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°WCercado — 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°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°WHatchetigbee 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°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 30.80°N, 96.95°WKincaid — 31.17°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 31.67°N, 96.47°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 28.71°N, 100.50°WKincaid — 30.23°N, 97.52°WKincaid — 29.89°N, 97.67°WKincaid — 31.31°N, 96.63°WKincaid — 29.21°N, 99.79°WKincaid — 28.53°N, 100.23°WKincaid — 31.29°N, 96.72°WOak Grove — 30.92°N, 86.57°WOak Grove — 30.97°N, 86.46°WOak Grove — 30.87°N, 86.52°WPamlico — 32.69°N, 80.23°WPamlico — 35.50°N, 76.27°WPamlico — 32.78°N, 79.93°WPamlico — 32.64°N, 80.01°WPamlico — 34.78°N, 76.69°WPamlico — 35.00°N, 76.79°WPamlico — 35.25°N, 76.57°WPamlico — 35.59°N, 76.23°WPamlico — 36.33°N, 76.17°WMint Spring — 31.97°N, 89.50°WMint Spring — 31.98°N, 89.42°WMint Spring — 32.27°N, 89.99°WMint Spring — 32.17°N, 90.18°WMint Spring — 32.36°N, 90.87°WMint Spring — 32.47°N, 90.84°W

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The named rock units Lucinidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 860 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,202 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lucinidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Lucinidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,053 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,218 sites for Lucinidae, 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

955 references

Each of the 6,305 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. 943 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 Lucinidae

Credit
GrahamBould
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Lucinidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Fleming 1828