Radiolucina amianta

Lucina amiantus, or the decorated lucine, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae. [1]

Radiolucina amianta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Superfamily: Lucinoidea
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Radiolucina
Species:
R. amianta
Binomial name
Radiolucina amianta
(Dall, 1901)
Synonyms
List
  • Linga amianta (Dall, 1901)
  • Linga amiantus [lapsus]
  • Lucina amianta (Dall, 1901)
  • Lucina amiantus [lapsus]
  • Parvilucina amianta (Dall, 1901)
  • Phacoides (Bellucina) amiantus Dall, 1901

It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil.[2]

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Radiolucina amianta (Dall, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464261 on 2021-05-16
  2. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 48.
  • Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College
  • Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society
  • Garfinkle E. A. R. (2012) A review of North American Recent Radiolucina (Bivalvia, Lucinidae) with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 205: 19–31


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