Lucina (bivalve)

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Lucina
Temporal range: Devonian – Present, 388.1–0  Ma [1]
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Fossil of Lucina species from Miocene of Italy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Lucina
Bruguière, 1797
Type species
Venus pensylvanicaLinnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • EgracaLeach, 1852
  • Lingade Gregorio, 1885
  • Lucina (Linga)de Gregorio, 1885 (original rank)
  • Lucina (Lucina)Bruguière, 1797

Lucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. [2] [3]

Contents

These bivalves are remarkable for their endosymbiosis with sulphide-oxidizing bacteria. [4]

Fossil record

Fossils of Lucina are found in marine strata from the Devonian until the Quaternary (age range: from 388.1 to 0.012 million years ago). [1]

Selected species

Species brought into synonymy

Characteristics

The members of the genus Lucina, as other members of the family Lucinidae, are found in muddy sand or gravel at or below low tide mark. They have characteristically rounded shells with forward-facing projections. The valves are flattened and etched with concentric rings. Each valve bears two cardinal and two plate-like lateral teeth. These molluscs do not have siphons but the extremely long foot makes a channel which is then lined with slime and serves for the intake and expulsion of water. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lucina Bruguière 1797". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Lucina Bruguière 1797". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Biolib
  4. ↑ Taylor, J. D. & Glover, E. A. (2006-11-24). "Lucinidae (Bivalvia) – the most diverse group of chemosymbiotic molluscs". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 148 (3): 421–438. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00261.x .
  5. ↑ Olsson, Axel & Harbison, Anne (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences.
  6. ↑ Barrett, J. H. and C. M. Yonge, 1958. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. P. 161. Collins, London
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