Pleurolucina leucocyma

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Pleurolucina leucocyma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Lucinida
Superfamily: Lucinoidea
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Pleurolucina
Species:
P. leucocyma
Binomial name
Pleurolucina leucocyma
(Dall, 1886)
Synonyms

Lucina leucocymaDall, 1886 (original combination)

Pleurolucina leucocyma, or the saw-toothed pen shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the subfamily Lucininae of the family Lucinidae. [1]

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

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. "Pleurolucina leucocyma (Dall, 1886)". Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on May 18, 2021
  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.