Pleurolucina
Pleurolucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae.[1]
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| Shell of Pleurolucina hendersoni (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Lucinida |
| Superfamily: | Lucinoidea |
| Family: | Lucinidae |
| Genus: | Pleurolucina Dall, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Lucina leucocyma Dall, 1886 | |
| Species | |
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Species
- † Pleurolucina amabilis (Dall, 1898)
- Pleurolucina harperae Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016
- Pleurolucina hendersoni (Britton, 1972)
- † Pleurolucina imbricolamella (Dockery, 1982)
- Pleurolucina leucocyma (Dall, 1886)
- Pleurolucina leucocymoides (H. N. Lowe, 1935)
- † Pleurolucina quadricostata (Dall, 1903)
- Pleurolucina sombrerensis (Dall, 1886)
- Pleurolucina taylori Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2012
- † Pleurolucina tithonis (Dall, 1903)
- † Pleurolucina triloba (Dockery, 1982)
- Pleurolucina undata (Carpenter, 1865)
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurolucina Dall, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415838 on 2021-05-18
- Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
- Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
External links
- Dall W.H. (1901). Synopsis of the Lucinacea and of the American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 23: 779-833, pls 39-42.
- Glover E.A. & Taylor J.D. (2016). Pleurolucina from the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans: a new intertidal species from Curaçao with unusual shell microstructure (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Lucinidae). ZooKeys. 620: 1-19
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