Epilucina californica

Epilucina californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Heterodonta
Order:	Lucinida
Family:	Lucinidae
Genus:	Epilucina
Species:	E. californica
Binomial name
	Epilucina californica; (Conrad, 1837)

Epilucina californica is a species of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the genus Epilucina, found from central California to Baja California. Historical records claim that it lived from Crescent City to San Diego.[1] The oldest known fossil record of this species is from the Miocene of Japan, indicating that it likely originated in the Eastern North Pacific and expanded before being restricted to its current range.[2]

References

Dall, William (1903). Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia. 6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wagner Free Institute of Science. p. 1381.
Kurihara, Yukito (2007). "Occurrence of Epilucina californica (Conrad) (Bivalvia: Lucinidae) from the Neogene of Japan, with notes on the biogeographic history of Epilucina". Paleontological Research. 11 (1): 29–39. doi:10.2517/1342-8144(2007)11[29:OOECCB]2.0.CO;2.

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[1] Dall, William (1903). Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia. 6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wagner Free Institute of Science. p. 1381.

[2] Kurihara, Yukito (2007). "Occurrence of Epilucina californica (Conrad) (Bivalvia: Lucinidae) from the Neogene of Japan, with notes on the biogeographic history of Epilucina". Paleontological Research. 11 (1): 29–39. doi:10.2517/1342-8144(2007)11[29:OOECCB]2.0.CO;2.