Pleurolucina

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Pleurolucina
Pleurolucina hendersoni (MNHN-IM-2016-1887) 002.jpeg
Shell of Pleurolucina hendersoni (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Superfamily: Lucinoidea
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Pleurolucina
Dall, 1901
Type species
Lucina leucocymaDall, 1886
Species

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Synonyms
  • DallucinaOlsson & Harbison, 1953
  • Lucina (Pleurolucina)Dall, 1901
  • Phacoides (Pleurolucina)Dall, 1901 (original rank)

Pleurolucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae. [1]

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Species

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References

  1. 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